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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Side chair
about 1750–90
Object Place: Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Maple, rush seat
Dimensions
102.23 x 48.26 x 38.73 cm (40 1/4 x 19 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henrietta Page
Accession Number18.410
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
Catalogue Raisonné
Randall 140
DescriptionSide chair with vase-shaped splat, yoke crest, and molded rail; rush seat; block-and-vase turned legs terminate in so-called Spanish feet; front stretcher has bulb-and-ring turnings in the center and long "thimble" terminals; there are three rectangular stretchers on the sides and back.
ProvenanceEarly history unknown; 1918, gift of Mrs. Henrietta Page (Accession Date September 12, 1918); October 25, 2012, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
(Accession Date: September 12, 1918; Deaccession Date: November 26, 2012)
(Accession Date: September 12, 1918; Deaccession Date: November 26, 2012)