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This chair exemplifies the neoclassic style in America. Design books published by British cabinetmakers transmitted the style to the New World. Indeed, Samuel McIntire found inspiration for this chair in Plate 2 from the 1794 edition of George Hepplewhite's <em>Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer's Guide</em>. The McIntire chair's shield-shaped back, however, is pointed rather than rounded, and the front legs, enriched with carved grapevines, have tapered "spade" feet with ebony applied. McIntire's carving skill brought him great success in Salem, a town half the size of Boston, but where some of the finest furniture of the period was made. This chair comes from a set owned by the Derby family, one of the most prominent in Salem.
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137166
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Chair
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137166
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Chair
description
This chair exemplifies the neoclassic style in America. Design books published by British cabinetmakers transmitted the style to the New World. Indeed, Samuel McIntire found inspiration for this chair in Plate 2 from the 1794 edition of George Hepplewhite's <em>Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer's Guide</em>. The McIntire chair's shield-shaped back, however, is pointed rather than rounded, and the front legs, enriched with carved grapevines, have tapered "spade" feet with ebony applied. McIntire's carving skill brought him great success in Salem, a town half the size of Boston, but where some of the finest furniture of the period was made. This chair comes from a set owned by the Derby family, one of the most prominent in Salem.
date
c. 1800
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80031551
creators
8752
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 97.2 x 57.2 x 46.4 cm (38 1/4 x 22 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.)
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America, Salem, early 19th Century
accession
1962.125
Source extras
tec
mahogany
tombstone
Chair, c. 1800. Attributed to Samuel McIntire (American, 1757–1811). Mahogany; overall: 97.2 x 57.2 x 46.4 cm (38 1/4 x 22 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1962.125
collection
Furniture
citations
citation
Cooper, Wendy A. "The Furniture and Furnishings of the Farm at Danvers." <em>M Bulletin (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)</em> 81 (1983): 24-45.
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www.jstor.org/stable/4171643
citation
Warren, David B., and Ima Hogg. Bayou Bend: American Furniture, Paintings and Silver from the Bayou Bend Collection. New York: New York Graphic Society [in Komm.], 1975.
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77
citation
Flanigan, J. Michael. American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1986.
page_number
106
citation
Davidson, Marshall B., and Elizabeth Stillinger. The American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art u.a, 1985.
page_number
139
citation
Barter, Judith A., Kimberly Rhodes, Seth A. Thayer, and Andrew Walker. American Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.
page_number
110-111
citation
Hawley, Henry H. “A McIntire Chair.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 9 (November 1963): 249–251.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 249-251, figs. 1, 2
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 07:00:00.722000
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137166
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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mahogany
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