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Side chair, Neoclassical
1795–1810
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany
Dimensions
Overall: 91.4 x 52.7 x 45.7 cm (36 x 20 3/4 x 18 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Karolik, to be known as the M. and M. Karolik Collection of 18th-century American Arts
Accession Number31.207
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
The side chair at the head of the table descended in the family of Elizabeth Derby West and was probably used at Oak Hill. It may have been made for the West house, in Salem, and taken by Mrs. West to Oak Hill, in 1803. The back of the chair has three delicate, lattice-like splats, and the reeding on the legs and rear posts enhances the elegant design.
Catalogue Raisonné
Eighteenth-Century American Arts No. 114
Provenance"The M. and M. Karolik Collection of 18th century American Arts." From Oak Hill, Peabody, Mass. Descended in the Derby, West, Lander families.