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Side chair (one of a pair)
Possibly by: Benjamin Randolph (American, 1721–1791)
1760–75
Object Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany
Dimensions
Overall: 97.8 cm (38 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession Number41.602a
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
Catalogue Raisonné
Eighteenth Century American Arts No. 89 (one of a pair)
InscriptionsPaper label on inside of rear rail:
All SORTS of / CABINET- / AND / CHAIR-WORK / MADE and SOLD by / BENJN. RANDOLPH, / At the Sign of the Golden Ball, / in Chestnut-Street, PHILADELPHIA.
All SORTS of / CABINET- / AND / CHAIR-WORK / MADE and SOLD by / BENJN. RANDOLPH, / At the Sign of the Golden Ball, / in Chestnut-Street, PHILADELPHIA.
ProvenanceMrs. Du Villard, purchased by Maxim Karolik, given to the MFA as part of the M & M Karolik Collection in 1941.