Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010

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Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2010


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Pair of chairs

1850–80
Overall: 83.8 x 45.7 cm (33 x 18 in.)
Rosewood, upholstery (replaced)

Classification: Furniture

Object Place: Possibly New England

Accession number: 2010.478.1-2

Provenance/Ownership History: History of Ownership: By the mid-nineteenth century, owned by Roswell Gleason (1799-1887) at his home "Lilacs" in Dorchester, Massachusetts; by descent in family to Judith Braunfeld, Champagne, Illinois; 2010, gift of Judith Braunfeld to the MFA.

Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously