Side chair (one of a pair)
about 1725
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniquePainted maple, original leather upholstery
DimensionsOverall: 113 cm (44 1/2 in.)
Width: 46.5 cm (18 5/16)
Depth: 45.5 cm (17 15/16)
Width: 46.5 cm (18 5/16)
Depth: 45.5 cm (17 15/16)
Credit LineGift of Anne H. and Frederick Vogel III
Accession number2020.3.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceBelieved to have been originally owned by Rev. Samuel Mosely (b. 1708 - d. 1791), Harvard class of 1729, Windham, CT; presumably by descent in his family until the 1960s [see note]. By May 1970, sold by Ginsberg & Levy, New York to Anne H. and Frederick Vogel III, Milwaukee, WI; January 19, 2019, The Collection of Anne H. & Frederick Vogel III sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 912, not sold; 2020, gift of the Vogels to the MFA. (Accession date: February 26, 2020).
NOTE: The Ginsberg and Levy invoice of 1970 included the following history: "Originally owned by the Rev. Samuel Mosely, and thence to a collateral descendant of the present generation."
NOTE: The Ginsberg and Levy invoice of 1970 included the following history: "Originally owned by the Rev. Samuel Mosely, and thence to a collateral descendant of the present generation."
about 1725
1695–1710
about 1650–1700
1665–80
1710–1730
1880–1905
