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Side chair
1815–25
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany
Dimensions
Overall: 88.9 x 50.8 x 59.7 cm (35 x 20 x 23 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Wunsch Americana Foundation, Inc.
Accession Number2015.3129
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
Inscriptions• Inside of slip seat frame: “X” three times and “II” once in graphite
• Incised on slip seat: “XIII”
• Inside PL rear leg, white paper label reads: “19-77”
• Incised twice on back of front rail “XIII”
• Scratched on back rail and top of corresponding rear corner blocks: “II” on PR and “X” on PL sides
• Incised on bottom front of PR seat rail “VII”
• Incised on bottom front of PL seat rail “VI”
• Incised on slip seat: “XIII”
• Inside PL rear leg, white paper label reads: “19-77”
• Incised twice on back of front rail “XIII”
• Scratched on back rail and top of corresponding rear corner blocks: “II” on PR and “X” on PL sides
• Incised on bottom front of PR seat rail “VII”
• Incised on bottom front of PL seat rail “VI”
ProvenanceBy 1983, Eric M. Wunsch (b. 1924 - d. 2013) and the Wunsch Americana Foundation, New York [see note 1]; 2015, gift of the Wunsch Americana Foundation (via Peter Wunsch) to the MFA. (Accession date: December 17, 2015)
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the MFA in 1983.
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the MFA in 1983.