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Side Chair
c. 1760
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Chairs with their splats pierced with a decorative monogram are rare in eighteenth-century English furniture, and this chair is part of a unique American set. The initials "R.M.L." are those of Robert (1718-1775) and Margaret Beekman (1724-1800) Livingston of Clemont, a house on the Hudson River north of New York City.
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Details
- Title: Side Chair
- Date Created: c. 1760
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 105.4 x 57.2 x 54.3 cm (41 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 21 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Robert (1718-1775) and Margaret Beekman (1724-1800) Livingston of Clermont; their daughter Catherine Livingston Garreston (1752-1849; her daughter Mary Rutherford Garreston (d. 1879); several generations of the Tillotson Wainwright family.
- Type: Furniture and woodwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.32
- Medium: mahogany
- Inscriptions: pieced splat with initials of first owners: R M & L; seat cover with initials of second owner: C L G; Roman numeral VI incised on inner surface of rear seat rail.
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: America, New York, 18th century
- Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Collection: Furniture
- Accession Number: 1988.32
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