Side chair (one of a pair)
Langley Boardman
(1774–1833)
1805–11
Object PlacePortsmouth, New Hampshire
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, mahogany veneer, birch veneer, birch, eastern white pine
DimensionsOverall: 92.4 x 50.8 x 45.1 cm (36 3/8 x 20 x 17 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Warren Walker, Jr.
Accession number45.886
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
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ProvenancePart of a set of ten side and two armchairs made for Gen. John Lord, who gave them to his daughter Susannah for her wedding to Judge William Allen Hayes of Berwick, Maine, on June 2, 1811. They descended in the Hayes family and were purchased by the donors in 1945; see also 45.885 (Accession Date December 13, 1945)
