The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Side Chair

Date:: 1765–75
Geography:: Mid-Atlantic, New York, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Mahogany, sweet gum
Dimensions:: 38 7/8 x 24 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (98.7 x 61.6 x 56.5 cm)
Classification:: Furniture
Credit Line:: Purchase, The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, by exchange, 1957
Accession Number:: 57.158.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 752

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: incised inside rear seat rail: VI; incised on corresponding slip seat frame: III
Provenance

Benjamin Nicoll, New York, until died 1760 or Matthias Nicoll, New York, until died 1827; Ann Nicoll Clinch; Sarah Clinch Smith; Mrs. Stanford White, New York; Lawrence Grant White; F. L. Peter White and Alida White Lessard, until 1957
See also
What
Wood (7,651)

Furniture (5,725)

Seating furniture (1,792)

Chairs (1,486)

Mahogany (974)

Side chairs (537)

Eucalyptus (22)

Gumwood (21)

Sweet gum (19)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

United States (78,109)

New York (2,785)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,180)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,825)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
American Furniture, 1730–1790: Queen Anne and Chippendale Styles

The United States, 1600–1800 A.D.
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