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Side chair

English
around 1690-1700
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Wood, beech
Dimensions 127 cm (50 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Robert Gardner McClung
Accession Number28.335
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurnitureSeating and beds

DescriptionFlat scroll decoration on back and front stretcher. Other stretchers and uprights turned.
ProvenanceBy 1635, possibly brought to America by John Cogswell on the ship Angel Gabriel. 1874, Mr. Henry FitzGilbert Waters of Salem, MA. Purchased by Frank Gardner Smith of Brookline, MA. 1917, purchased by Lucy H. Bowdoin; 1917, presented to Robert Gardner McClung [see note 1]; 1928; Bequest of Robert Gardner McClung to the MFA. (June 7, 1928)



Notes:
[1] Formerly lent to the MFA by Robert G. McClung, October 22, 1917 (Loan #842.-843.17).