Side chair (from a rococo revival parlor set)
1850–60
Object PlaceProbably Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueWalnut, orignial upholstery
DimensionsOverall: 92.7 x 47 x 62.2 cm (36 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1982.189
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Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
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ProvenanceBy tradition, owned originally by Robert Roberts, a China-trade merchant of Medfield, Massachusetts; remained in the same house and descended to Laura Huntington Smith, 402 Main Street, Medfield; 1982, purchased from Miss Smith by the MFA (Accession date: March 10, 1982).
about 1725
about 1740–50
1958
1982
about 1840–50
about 1870
about 1870
about 1870
1730–50
about 1848
1690-1700