Side Chair
John Gaines, III
1735–43
Medium
Maple
Dimensions
108 × 45.7 × 44.5 cm (42 1/2 × 18 × 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
seating
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
125662
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
John Gaines III learned to turn banister-back chairs from his father, John Gaines, Jr. The younger Gaines brought this aesthetic tradition with him to Portsmouth but soon incorporated the graceful, curvilinear forms of the new late-Baroque style. This chair represents the transition between the older influence and new fashion.