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This model was fashionable in England and Italy early during the eigthteenth century and numerous, also later, examples exist. This chair is believed to have come from Palazzo Borghese in Rome.
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Title: Side chair
Date: ca. 1720–30
Culture: British
Medium: Walnut, decorated with carved gesso, gilt
Dimensions: Overall: 48 1/8 × 21 1/4 × 23 1/2 in. (122.2 × 54 × 59.7 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. L. W. Gorham, Paul Cushman and E. Sanderson Cushman, 1958
Accession Number: 58.84
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