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Side chair

(American, 1757–1811)
1790–95
Object PlaceSalem, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, pine, ash, cherry, possibly ebony
DimensionsOverall: 100 x 47 x 55.2 cm (39 3/8 x 18 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number23.29
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On view
ClassificationsFurniture
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ProvenanceMade for Elias Hasket Derby; inherited by his daughter, Madam Elizabeth Derby (Mrs. Nathaniel West), through whom they descended to Miss Codman (Mrs. Maxim Karolik). From Derby House, Peabody. Lent by Miss Martha C. Codman, May 25, 1921.