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Samuel Harding (died 1758) was an 18th-century American cabinetmaker, remembered for his Queen Anne style furniture and for the interior architectural ornament of Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ==Independence Hall== Builder-architect Edmund Woolley (c. 1695-1771) began construction of the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in 1732, and completed the building by 1748.〔("Edmund Woolley (c. 1695-1771) ) from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings.〕 The project's carvers were listed as Harding and Bryan Wilkinson.〔Beatrice Garvan, "The State House (Independence Hall)," ''Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art'' (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976), p. 42.〕 The original staircase in the vestibule proved inadequate for so large a building, and a tower addition with a new staircase was proposed.〔Garvan, p. 42.〕 The tower's foundations were laid in 1750, and its exterior construction was completed by 1753. Between 1753 and 1756, Harding executed (and probably designed) the interior architectural ornament for the tower stair hall and a remodeled vestibule. His bill listed all of the fixtures for the mahogany staircase, along with moldings, pediments, column capitals, tabernacle frames, and two keystones with carved "faces" – for which he charged £195.13.11.〔"Carved Work Done for the State house."〕 The bill was paid in part in 1757, and in full in 1758 (possibly, not until after his death). He carved ionic capitals for what he called the "green room" (thought to be the Assembly Room),〔Constance M. Greiff, ''Independence: The Creation of a National Park'' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987), p. 132.〕 but it is unclear whether the shell frieze within the room's tabernacle frame was carved by him in the 1750s, or by Wilkinson and/or him in the 1740s. A 54-foot giant tall clock by Thomas Stretch stood against Independence Hall's exterior from 1753 to 1828. Harding carved the 14-foot wooden bonnet that surrounded its face. File:Birch's Views Plate 23.jpg|Harding carved the bonnet of the clock case (1752–53) on Independence Hall's exterior. File:Independence4.JPG|Modern replica of Harding's "bonnet" for the Independence Hall clock. File:Independence Hall 10.jpg|Assembly Room. File:ASSEMBLY ROOM, EAST WALL, TABERNACLE FRAME UPPER PORTION - Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA HABS PA,51-PHILA,6-61.tif|Assembly Room tabernacle frame with shell frieze. File:Independence Hall 6.jpg|Supreme Court Room. File:PH(1897) p07 COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE.jpg|Supreme Court Room looking into Vestibule. File:Independence Hall, (interior), by Cremer, James, 1821-1893 3.png|Vestibule. File:Looking toward the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, 1918.jpg|Looking from Vestibule into Tower Stair Hall, 1918. File:Liberty Bell and Stairway, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA c.1905.jpg|Tower Stair Hall with the Liberty Bell on display, ca. 1905. File:Independence Hall tower staircase 01.JPG|Tower Stair Hall, 2015. File:Independence Hall tower staircase 02.JPG|2nd floor landing, 2015. File:Independence Hall Belltower Stairs.jpg|Staircase to the Tower's bell chamber, 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Harding (cabinetmaker)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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