The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Side Chair

Side Chair

c. 1790–1800
mahogany
Overall: 90.8 x 48.3 x 52.1 cm (35 3/4 x 19 x 20 1/2 in.)
Gift of Gordon D. Meals and Jean F. Meals in memory of Moselle T. Meals 1986.208.2
Location: not on view

Description

Chairs of this or similar design seem to have been made by several Boston cabinetmakers. This chair may have belonged to one or more members of the distinguished Derby family or West family-or both-of nearby Salem, Massachusetts.
  • said to have belonged to the Derby-West Family, Massachusetts, and Roger Wentworth, Arlington, Vermont; Dr. L. N. Harrington, Cooperstown, New York; Moselle T. Meals, 1969.
  • Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
  • {{cite web|title=Side Chair|url=false|author=|year=c. 1790–1800|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.208.2