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Armitt, Richard
Description:
Richard Armitt was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia prior to 1767. He supplied lumber for the decoration of John Cadwalader's town house on Second Street, 1769-1770, and is recorded as taking on Alexander Duguid as…
Member number:
44*
Date elected:
1/1/1767
Armitage, James
Description:
James Armitage was a master builder elected Warden of The Carpenters Company (1770) and Assistant Master (1781). He took one Isaac McAlee as an apprentice in 1773. Armitage was the principal carpenter for the construction of Old Pine Presbyterian…
Member number:
36*
Armchair
Description:
2 of 2, accompanies speaker's desk, CCCCP-037 One of a set of three comb-back windsor armchairs with carved crest and bamboo turned legs used by the officers of the Carpenters' Company. Mahogany with clear coat finish. The accession number for the…
Date:
second half of 19th C. (1860)
Item type:
armchair
Armchair
Description:
1 of 2, accompanies speaker's desk, CCCCP-037 One of a set of three comb-back windsor armchairs with carved crest and bamboo turned legs used by the officers of the Carpenters' Company. Mahogany with clear coat finish. The accession number for the…
Date:
second half of 19th C. (1860)
Item type:
armchair