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Source 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.
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Document identity
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153242
label
Side Chair
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object
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1
Source metadata
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153242
contentType
object
title
Side Chair
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.
date
c. 1790–1800
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79938839
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 90.8 x 48.3 x 52.1 cm (35 3/4 x 19 x 20 1/2 in.)
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America, Massachusetts, Boston, late 18th Century
accession
1986.208.1
Source extras
tec
mahogany
tombstone
Side Chair, c. 1790–1800. America, Massachusetts, Boston, late 18th Century. Mahogany; overall: 90.8 x 48.3 x 52.1 cm (35 3/4 x 19 x 20 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Gordon D. Meals and Jean F. Meals in memory of Moselle T. Meals, 1986.208.1
collection
Furniture
formerAccessionNumbers
1259.1974
creditline
Gift of Gordon D. Meals and Jean F. Meals in memory of Moselle T. Meals
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2026-05-29 07:54:49.779000
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153242
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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mahogany
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1
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0
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photo
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