Side Chairs

c. 1790-1800

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Chairs of this or similar design seem to have been made by several Boston cabinetmakers. This chair may have belonged to one or more members of the distinguished Derby family or West family-or both-of nearby Salem, Massachusetts.

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Title: Side Chairs
Date Created: c. 1790-1800
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 90.8 x 48.3 x 52.1 cm (35 3/4 x 19 x 20 1/2 in.)
Provenance: said to have belonged to the Derby-West Family, Massachusetts, and Roger Wentworth, Arlington, Vermont; Dr. L. N. Harrington, Cooperstown, New York; Moselle T. Meals, 1969.
Type: Furniture and woodwork
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.208
Medium: mahogany
Department: Decorative Art and Design
Culture: America, Massachusetts, Boston, late 18th Century
Credit Line: Gift of Gordon D. Meals and Jean F. Meals in memory of Moselle T. Meals
Collection: Furniture
Accession Number: 1986.208

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