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Armchair
about 1780
Object Place: Barbados
Medium/Technique
Mahogany
Dimensions
Overall: 108.6 x 81.9 x 49.5 cm (42 3/4 x 32 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Howard M. Ecker and Wendy L. Ecker
Accession Number1986.962
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
ProvenanceSold by the estate of a private collector in Barbados to Howard M. and Wendy L. Ecker, Brookline, MA; 1986, year-end gift of Howard M. and Wendy L. Ecker to the MFA. (Accession Date: January, 21, 1987)
NOTE: At the time of the Eckers' purchase, there was a rectangular void on the crest rail, suggesting that the chair once bore a plaque. Local historians advised that the chair might have come from one of the parliament buildings of Barbados, where a plaque would have included the name of a representative or marked a commemoration of some sort.
NOTE: At the time of the Eckers' purchase, there was a rectangular void on the crest rail, suggesting that the chair once bore a plaque. Local historians advised that the chair might have come from one of the parliament buildings of Barbados, where a plaque would have included the name of a representative or marked a commemoration of some sort.