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Side chair

1700–1740
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 713
The cresting, the simplicity of the banisters, and the turned stretchers placed high on the legs connect this chair to numerous similar examples that have survived in Bermuda.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Side chair
  • Date: 1700–1740
  • Geography: Possibly made in Bermuda
  • Culture: Bermudian, possibly
  • Medium: Bermuda cedar
  • Dimensions: 44 1/2 x 18 x 15 in. (113 x 45.7 x 38.1 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot, in memory of the Hawley family, 1936
  • Object Number: 36.115.2
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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