SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Pair of Side Chairs

Carving attributed to Samuel McIntire (American, 1757–1811)

Pair of Side Chairs, Carving attributed to Samuel McIntire (American, 1757–1811), 1794–99, Mahogany, ash, birch, and uph…
Maker
Carving attributed to Samuel McIntire (American, 1757–1811)
Date
1794–99
Medium
Mahogany, ash, birch, and upholstery
Dimensions
Each: 97.2 × 54 × 47 cm (38 1/4 × 21 1/4 × 18 1/2 in.)
Form
Chair
Origin
Salem
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession
1938.1321-1322
Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society through the Edith Almy Adams Fund
The design of these chairs was taken almost directly from plate two of Englishman George Hepplewhite's 1788 edition of The Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer's Guide, a pattern book that was available in America. The two chairs are part of a set of eight that may have originally been made for Salem merchant Elias Hasket Derby. The carving on the chairs is attributed to Samuel McIntire.
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