Benjamin Franklin's Library Armchair 1750-1755

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The Printing Office: Its Activities, Furnishings, and Articles for Sale

The Chipstone Foundation

He made it easy to grab books. Franklin, a bibliophile, assembled one of the largest personal libraries in the colonies. To accommodate his books, he had to install shelves he could not

Benjamin Franklin's Library Armchair 1750-1755

Benjamin Franklin's Library Armchair 1750-1755

Benjamin Franklin's mahogany open armchair is also called a lolling chair or Martha Washington chair. The ease of its design in comparison to

Benjamin Franklin's Library Chair

The Printing Office: Its Activities, Furnishings, and Articles for Sale

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), philosopher, physicist and American ambassador in his laboratory in Philadephia.

The Chipstone Foundation

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Science and Reading in the Eighteenth Century

Benjamin Franklin's Glass Armonica