Side chair

American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 722

A synthesis of motifs appearing in Thomas Chippendale’s "The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director" (1762 ed.), the design of this chair’s back splat appears to have originated in Philadelphia.

Side chair, Mahogany, American

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