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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.988.B
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
One of a Pair of Side Chairs
Classification
Furniture
Work Type
chair
Date
c. 1760
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230087

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood
Dimensions
95.89 x 63.5 cm (37 3/4 x 25 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.988.B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The back with curved uprights supporting a serpentine top rail carved with shells at the cornices and with a pierced entwined ribbon splat; the seat rails carved with flower heads and raised on carved cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet.

Exhibition History

  • Unidentified Exhibition, Agassiz Museum, 1946, Agassiz Museum, 11/01/1946 - 01/01/1947

Verification Level

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