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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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ClassificationsFurniture

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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.