Advanced Search
Slipper chair
about 1740–50
Object Place: Boston (?), Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany, pine
Dimensions
Overall: 85.7 x 52.4 x 45.4 cm (33 3/4 x 20 5/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr.and Mrs. Maynard L. Harris, in memory of Mrs. Harris' grandmother, Sarah Fayerweather Appleton
Accession Number1972.123
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
Inscriptions"VIIII" incised on front rail.
ProvenanceBy tradition, owned originally by the Rev. Nathaniel Appleton (1693-1784), Cambridge, Mass., and his wife, Margaret Gibbs Appleton (1699-1771); by descent to Charles John Appleton (1795-1843) and his wife Sophia Haven, marrried in 1835; by descent to John Appleton (1759-1829) and his wife, Mary Whitbread; by descent to Sarah Fayerweather Appleton (1839-1933) and her husband, Charles Ammi Cutter; by descent to Louis F. Cutter (1864-1945) and his wife Mary Osgood; by descent to Caroline Cutter Harris (b. ca. 1906) and her husband, Maynard L. Harris; October 29, 1968, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Maynard L. Harris; 1972; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard L. Harris in memory of Mrs. Harris's grandmother, Sarah Fayerweather Appleton (Accession Date March 8, 1972)