Side Chair (c. 1790–1800): Art, History and Details
Side Chair at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1790–1800, mahogany. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Side Chair (c. 1790–1800) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Chairs of this or similar design seem to have been made by several Boston cabinetmakers. This chair may have belonged to one or more members of the distinguished Derby family or West family-or both-of nearby Salem, Massachusetts.
Object facts
- Title: Side Chair
- Date: c. 1790–1800
- Culture: America, Massachusetts, Boston, late 18th Century
- Type: Furniture and woodwork
- Technique: mahogany
- Dimensions: Overall: 90.8 x 48.3 x 52.1 cm (35 3/4 x 19 x 20 1/2 in.)
- Collection: Furniture
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Accession number: 1986.208.2
Collection credit
Gift of Gordon D. Meals and Jean F. Meals in memory of Moselle T. Meals
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