Side Chair

Maker unknown · New York · 1750–70

This side chair is one of a set of six. The splats are pierced forming a cypher, an interlocking monogram of the initials "RML," for the original owners, Robert and Margaret Livingston. Similar mirror-image monograms can be found engraved on silver made at this time. With its wide horseshoe-shaped seat and large claw-and-ball feet, this chair is a superb example of mid-eighteenth century New York furniture.

Medium

Mahogany (primary); white oak (front corner braces and slip seat frame); eastern white pine (blocks on slip seat frame); beech (rear seat rail); modern upholstery

Dimensions

41.8 x 18.1 x 19.5 in. (106.2 x 46 x 49.5 cm) · max. W 22.3 in. (56.7 cm)

Accession

1952.20.2

Credit line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection