Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009

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Dining chair

1932–33
Designed by Donald Deskey
Manufactured by Schmieg, Hungate & Kotizan, Inc.
Overall: 85.1 cm (33 1/2 in.)
Macasser ebony, replaced upholstery

Classification: Furniture

Object Place: New York, New York

Accession number: 2009.2541

Location: John Axelrod Gallery (American Modern: The 1920s and 30s)

Provenance/Ownership History: 1933, made for Abby Rockefeller Milton, One Beekman Place, New York, New York; 2008, offered for sale at Sotheby's New York (bought in), subsequently purchased by 20th-Century Provenance (Rick Sementa), Cambridge, Massachusetts, in partnership with an unknown dealer; 2009, purchased by the MFA from 20th-Century Provenance (Accession Date: June 17, 2009)

Museum purchase with funds donated by Parker Prindle, John Axelrod and American Decorative Arts Curator's Fund