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Side Chair

1730–90
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774
This chair and its mate are coded number "V" and "XII" respectively. Such chairs were made in large sets and survive in great numbers. They have descended in colonial families of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The ample circular pads of the feet suggest a Newport origin. Boston, however, was the chairmaking and exporting center of New England, and the greatest number of chairs of this type were undoubtedly made there.

(See 46.192.2, .3 for pair.)

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Side Chair
  • Date:
    1730–90
  • Geography:
    Made in New England, United States
  • Culture:
    American
  • Medium:
    Walnut, cherry
  • Dimensions:
    42 x 20 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (106.7 x 51.4 x 41.9 cm)
  • Credit Line:
    Bequest of Charlotte E. Hoadley, 1946
  • Object Number:
    46.192.2
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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