Samuel Harding was an American cabinetmaker, remembered for his Queen Anne style furniture and for the interior architectural ornament of Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United State
Congress Voting Independence (c. 1784-1788) by Robert Edge Pine. Harding carved the ionic capitals atop the pilasters in the Assembly Room of Independence Hall, and may have carved the shell frieze.
Harding carved the bonnet of the clock case (1752–53) on Independence Hall's exterior.
Modern replica of Harding's "bonnet" for the Independence Hall clock.
Assembly Room.
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Woodford is a historic mansion at Ford Road and Greenland Drive in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built c. 1756, it is the first of Philadelphia's great colonial Georgian mansion houses t
Samuel Harding (cabinetmaker)
…ca. 1755, mahogany, carving attributed to Harding), sold for $128,700 at Pook & Pook Inc., 20 June 2009. Overmantel (1756, attributed to Harding), Woodford Mansion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Desk-and-bookcase (ca. 1775, mahogany, attributed to Harding), Naomi Wood Collection, Woodford Mansion, Philadelphia…
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