1989.0062 Chair, side chair
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Chair (Side chair)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    Samuel McIntire (Furniture Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1795-1798

  • Materials:

    Mahogany; Ebony; Ash; Birch; Pine, white

  • Museum Object Number:

    1989.0062


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Object Number

1989.0062

Object Name

Chair (Side chair)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Laura D. Benkard

Creator (Role)

Samuel McIntire (Furniture Maker)
1757-1811
References: Frank Cousins, The Wood-Carver of Salem: Samuel McInture, his life and work (Boston: Little, Brown, 1916); Fiske Kimball, Mr. Samuel McIntire, Carver: The Architect of Salem (Portland, ME: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press; published for the Essex Institute of Salem, Massachusetts, 1940); Mabel Munson Swan, Samuel McInture, carver, and the Sandersons, early Salem cabinet makers (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1934).

Place of Origin

Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1795-1798

Subjects

Elias Haskett Derby

Materials

Mahogany; Ebony; Ash; Birch; Pine, white

Dimensions (inches)

39.125 (H) , 20.75 (W) , 21.75 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

99.378 (H) , 52.705 (W) , 55.245 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at seat; OD from back of crest to front of feet. H (seat) 17 in. (43 cm); W (back) 16.25 in. (41.1 cm); W (feet) 20.75 in. (52.6 cm).

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Published: no. 16. (57.799.1-.4 ill.).