Side chair
About 1730–60 with 19th-century japanning
Object Placeprobably Boston, eastern Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueWalnut; paint and gilding
Dimensions101.6 x 50.8 x 41.27 cm (40 x 20 x 16 1/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number1981.17
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenancePart of a set of at least nine known examples which can be traced back to Samuel Pickering Gardner (1767-1843) and subsequently descended in his family until the twentieth century; 1950s sold as pair with 1981.16) by John Walton (dealer) New York, New York to Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bybee, Houston, Texas; April 23, 1973, lent by Mrs. Bybee to the MFA; 1981, given to the MFA in honor of Jonathan Fairbanks and the 10th anniversary of the department of American Decorative Arts (Accession Date January 14, 1981).
About 1730–60 with 19th-century japanning
1870–85
about 1927–1928
about 1880
1710–25
about 1780
about 1780
about 1804–1814
1761, with later modifications
about 1815–19
about 1840–1850