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Side chair
About 1730–60 with 19th-century japanning
Object Place: probably Boston, eastern Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Walnut; paint and gilding
Dimensions
101.6 x 50.8 x 41.27 cm (40 x 20 x 16 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number1981.17
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
InscriptionsModern label on slip seat: Ernest LoNano / INTERIORS / New York WILLIAMSBURG, VA.
ProvenancePart of a set of at least nine known examples which can be traced back to Samuel Pickering Gardner (1767-1843) and subsequently descended in his family until the twentieth century; 1950s sold as pair with 1981.16) by John Walton (dealer) New York, New York to Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bybee, Houston, Texas; April 23, 1973, lent by Mrs. Bybee to the MFA; 1981, given to the MFA in honor of Jonathan Fairbanks and the 10th anniversary of the department of American Decorative Arts (Accession Date January 14, 1981).