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Serge chair
about 1685–95
Object Place: Salem, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Maple, oak, black ash; reproduction upholstery
Dimensions
105.73 x 48.26 x 42.86 cm (41 5/8 x 19 x 16 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Ralph Lowell, President of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1951-1968
Accession Number1978.384
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
This chair and the example nearby are upholstered with reproduction serge, a durable, twilled fabric often used on seating furniture in the seventeenth century.
ProvenanceBy 1978, in the collection of the dealer Roger Bacon of Exeter, New Hampshire; anonymous gift in memory of Ralph Lowell, President of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1951-1968; September, 1978.