Folding chair
about 1500
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueWood: walnut; leather
Dimensions91.44 cm (36 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Eugene L. Garbáty
Accession number60.178
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceDr. Albert Figdor (b. 1843 - d. 1927), Vienna; September 29-30, 1930, posthumous Figdor sale, Cassirer, Berlin, lot 637, sold for M 7,500 to Eugene L. Garbáty (b. 1880 - d. 1966), Schloss Alt-Döbern, Niederlausitz (Germany), New York, and East Norwalk, CT [see note 1]; 1960, gift of Mrs. Eugene L. Garbáty to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 10, 1960)
NOTES:
[1] Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, bringing much of his art collection with him.
NOTES:
[1] Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, bringing much of his art collection with him.
1982
early 18th century
early 19th century
1900
about 1873–6
about 1475–1500
1875-1900
1875-1900
19th century
19th century
Designed about 1946; produced about 1946–47