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Side Chair
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About this work
Chairs with their splats pierced with a decorative monogram are rare in eighteenth-century English furniture, and this chair is part of a unique American set. The initials "R.M.L." are those of Robert (1718–1775) and Margaret Beekman (1724–1800) Livingston of Clemont, a house on the Hudson River north of New York City.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSide Chair, c. 1760. America, New York. Mahogany; overall: 105.4 x 57.2 x 54.3 cm (41 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 21 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1988.32
