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Source Description
Before becoming one of the best known Connecticut furniture makers of the late 1700s, Eliphalet Chapin worked in New York City and Philadelphia. His furniture shows evidence of that experience. For example, the back of this chair has a splat design found on New York pieces, while the untapered rear legs and the shell carving on the crest rail are typical of Philadelphia workmanship. The use of cherry, however, is characteristic of Connecticut furniture. This chair comes from a set recorded in Chapin's account book as having been supplied to Ebenezer Grant to form part of the dowry of his daughter Anne, who married the Reverend John Marsh of Wethersfield, Connecticut, on December 6, 1775. The set was owned by their descendants until 1986.
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153397
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Side Chair
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153397
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object
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Side Chair
description
Before becoming one of the best known Connecticut furniture makers of the late 1700s, Eliphalet Chapin worked in New York City and Philadelphia. His furniture shows evidence of that experience. For example, the back of this chair has a splat design found on New York pieces, while the untapered rear legs and the shell carving on the crest rail are typical of Philadelphia workmanship. The use of cherry, however, is characteristic of Connecticut furniture. This chair comes from a set recorded in Chapin's account book as having been supplied to Ebenezer Grant to form part of the dowry of his daughter Anne, who married the Reverend John Marsh of Wethersfield, Connecticut, on December 6, 1775. The set was owned by their descendants until 1986.
date
c. 1775
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79939320
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9123
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
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Overall: 96.8 x 59.1 x 51.1 cm (38 1/8 x 23 1/4 x 20 1/8 in.)
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America, Connecticut, East Windsor, 18th century
accession
1986.81
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tec
cherry
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Side Chair, c. 1775. Eliphalet Chapin (American, 1741–1807). Cherry; overall: 96.8 x 59.1 x 51.1 cm (38 1/8 x 23 1/4 x 20 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1986.81
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Furniture
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 2 (February 1987): 38–79.
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Reproduced: p. 58; Mentioned: p. 62, no. 33
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Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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2026-05-29 07:55:33.874000
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153397
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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cherry
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male
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