Side Chairs (c. 1790–1800): Art, History and Details

Side Chairs (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 Chairs
• 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

Collection credit

Gift of Gordon D. Meals and Jean F. Meals in memory of Moselle T. Meals

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