Side chair
about 1750–1800
Object PlaceNew England?
Medium/TechniquePainted wood, possibly maple
Dimensions109.85 x 45.08 x 36.19 cm (43 1/4 x 17 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Walter Tebbetts
Accession number1973.496
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ProvenanceBy tradition, "this chair came from the old Folger Farm (now gone) 'out Polpus Way' on Nantucket Island--Mass--and was my great-great Grandmothers, Gemima Folger, born Nantucket, 1762"; descended to the donor; 1973, gift of Mrs. Walter Tebbetts, Waban, MA (Accession date: September 12, 1973); December 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA.
1550–1295 B.C.
1890–1920
About 1732–43
about 1795–1810
about 1830–35
1810–20
15th–16th centuries
17th century
18th century
latter half of the 16th century
17th century
15th century