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Side Chair, c. 1790–1800, mahogany

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Chair · America

Side Chair

Maker unknown · America · c. 1790–1800

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.

— Cleveland Museum of Art, catalogue text

Medium: mahogany
Dimensions: Overall: 90.8 x 48.3 x 52.1 cm (35 3/4 x 19 x 20 1/2 in.)
Accession: 1986.208.2
Credit line: Gift of Gordon D. Meals and Jean F. Meals in memory of Moselle T. Meals
Culture: America, Massachusetts, Boston, late 18th Century

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