SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Embroidered Chair Back

Mehitable Starkey

Embroidered Chair Back, Mehitable Starkey, 1755–65, Linen embroidered with wool and silk threads

Maker: Mehitable Starkey
Date: 1755–65
Medium: Linen embroidered with wool and silk threads
Dimensions: 32 x 25 in. (81.3 x 63.5 cm)
Form: Chair
Origin: Boston
Culture: American
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 2003.480
Credit line: Gift of Philip Holzer, 2003

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