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Side chair (one of a pair)
Peter S. Dean (American, born in 1951)
1987
Object Place: Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Pearwood, purpleheart, sprayed lacquer finish
Dimensions
109.22 x 50.8 x 48.26 cm (43 x 20 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Anne and Ronald Abramson
Accession Number1987.462
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
DescriptionChairs have coopered back of pearwood with vertical purpleheart lines in between and a row of purpleheart diamonds near the top. Front seat also of coopered construction with vertical purpleheart lines and a row of diamonds. Front legs each consist of a principal and a secondary leg.
Provenance1987, commissioned from the artist for the MFA with financial support of Anne and Ronald Abramson, Rockville, Maryland; 1987, gift of the Abramsons to the MFA. (Accession date: September 23, 1987)
Copyright© Peter S. Dean