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Side Chair
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About this work
Chairs of this or similar design seem to have been made by several Boston cabinetmakers. This chair may have belonged to one or more members of the distinguished Derby family or West family-or both-of nearby Salem, Massachusetts.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSide Chair, c. 1790–1800. America, Massachusetts, Boston, late 18th Century. Mahogany; overall: 90.8 x 48.3 x 52.1 cm (35 3/4 x 19 x 20 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Gordon D. Meals and Jean F. Meals in memory of Moselle T. Meals, 1986.208.2
