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Pair of chairs
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Pair of chairs

1850–80
Object PlacePossibly New England
Medium/TechniqueRosewood, upholstery (replaced)
DimensionsOverall: 83.8 x 45.7 cm (33 x 18 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated anonymously
Accession number2010.478.1-2
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ClassificationsFurniture
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ProvenanceHistory of Ownership: By the mid-nineteenth century, owned by Roswell Gleason (1799-1887) at his home "Lilacs" in Dorchester, Massachusetts; by descent in family to Judith Braunfeld, Champagne, Illinois; 2010, gift of Judith Braunfeld to the MFA.
Armchair, "Rosalie" pattern
John Henry Belter
1844–67
Conservation Status: After Treatment
John Henry Belter
1844–67
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Donald Deskey
designed about 1928–29
Dining chair
Donald Deskey
1932–33
Armchair
George Hunzinger
1869
B. Meilink Furniture Company
about 1880-85
Side chair
1710–1730
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John Seymour
1798–1805
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Vose, Coates & Company
1817–1819