American Period Furniture in Museum Collectionsa SAPFM viewer

In the collection ofMetropolitan Museum of Art

Side Chair

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Maker

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Date

1840–60

Medium

Maple

Dimensions

26 x 17 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (66 x 43.8 x 31.1 cm)

Form

Chair

Origin

Watervliet|New Lebanon

Culture

American, Shaker

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

66.10.6

Credit line

Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1966