Side chair (one of a pair)
John Welch
(American, 1711–1789)
Margaret Fayerweather Bromfield
(American, 1732–1761)
about 1750–60
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueWalnut, white pine, maple, original needlework seat
DimensionsOverall: 98.4 x 55.9 x 52.1 cm (38 3/4 x 22 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Jean Wagniere in memory of her mother, Henrietta Slade Warner (Mrs. Henry Eldridge Warner)
Accession number68.839
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On viewClassificationsFurniture
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Side chairNeedlework seat attributed to Margaret Fayerweather Bromfield (1732-1761)Boston, about 1750-60Walnut, white pine, maple, original needlepoint seat coverGift of Mrs. Jean Frederic Wagniere, in memory of her mother, Henrietta Slade Warner (Mrs. Henry Eldridge Warner), 1968 68.839
InscriptionsIn ink on underside of slip seat: "Capt. Fayerweather"
On both seat rail and seat frame, a corresponding "V"ProvenanceOwned by Henry Bromfield, a Boston and London,merchant, and his wife (m. 1749) Margaret Fayerweather (1732-1761) who, family tradition says, did the needlework seats. Descended in the Bromfield-Weld family. By 1872, possibly owned by Mrs. I.H.T. Blanchard, Harvard, MA; by descent to Miss Margaret Bromfield Slade, Boston; by descent in 1943 to Henrietta Slade Warner (Mrs. Henry Eldridge Warner), Lincoln, MA; by descent in 1955 to her daughter, Mrs. Jean Frederic Wagniere (Margaret Warner) Wagniere, Switzerland; 1968, year-end gift of Mrs. Jean Frederic to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)
About 1740–60
1730–60
1730–50
about 1740
about 1760-1790
