Side Chair
Unknown Artist
c. 1790–1800
Medium
mahogany
Dimensions
90.8 × 48.3 × 52.1 cm
Classification
Furniture and woodwork
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Gordon D. Meals and Jean F. Meals in memory of Moselle T. Meals
Accession Number
1986.208.1
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.