Side chair

17th century

Object PlaceEngland

Medium/TechniqueWood, beech

Dimensions127 cm (50 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Robert Gardner McClung

Accession number28.336

On View

On view

ClassificationsFurniture

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceBy 1635, possibly brought to America by John Cogswell on the ship Angel Gabriel. 1874, Mr. Henry FitzGilbert Waters of Salem, MA. Purchased by Frank Gardner Smith of Brookline, MA. 1917, purchased by Lucy H. Bowdoin; 1917, presented to Robert Gardner McClung [see note 1]; 1928; Bequest of Robert Gardner McClung to the MFA. (June 7, 1928)

Notes:
[1] Formerly lent to the MFA by Robert G. McClung, October 22, 1917 (Loan #842.-843.17).