SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Side Chair

Side Chair, c. 1760, mahogany
Date
c. 1760
Medium
mahogany
Dimensions
Overall: 105.4 x 57.2 x 54.3 cm (41 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 21 3/8 in.)
Form
Chair
Origin
America
Culture
America, New York
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession
1988.32
Credit line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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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