Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011

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Art of Europe: July 2009–June 2011


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One of a pair of chairs

about 1805
Height x width: 35 x 24 in. (88.9 x 61 cm)
Gilded beech, brass castors, modern upholstery

Classification: Furniture

Culture: English

Accession number: 2010.1041.1-2

Description: Each with a padded scrolled back, the curved toprail between moulded downswept arms with scroll and paterae terminals, on reeded tapering legs headed by paterae with gadrooned feet, with gadrooned brass caps and castors, stamped 'W', one chair with 'II' inscribed in pencil on the backrail, re-upholstered.

Provenance/Ownership History: Gerald Wellesley (b. 1885-1972), 7th Duke of Wellington; by descent within the family; sold by the descendants of Wellesley to H. Blairman and Sons, London. About 2002, acquired on the London art market by Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2010, gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2010)

Gift of Horace Wood Brock