Samuel Harding (cabinetmaker)
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 States.
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.
Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted by America's Founding Fathers. The structure forms the centerpiece of the Independence National Historical Park and was designated a World Heritage Site in 1979.
Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were both debated and ratified
Independence Hall in 1799, with the wooden steeple removed
The Governor's Council Chamber
The Supreme Court Room