id:			152787
accession number:	1985.58
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.58
updated:		2022-02-16 10:00:34.793000

Side Chair, c. 1770. America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 18th century. Mahogany; overall: 97 x 60 x 56.9 cm (38 3/16 x 23 5/8 x 22 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1985.58

title:				Side Chair
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creation date:			c. 1770
creation date earliest:		1695
creation date latest:		1775
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 18th century
technique:	mahogany
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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measurements: Overall: 97 x 60 x 56.9 cm (38 3/16 x 23 5/8 x 22 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1985
	opening date:   1986-02-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1985</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Thomas and Elizabeth Edwards, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Allan B. A. Bradley; (Israel Sack Inc., New York); Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Davis, Fairfield, Connecticut; (John Walton, Jewett City, Connecticut, 1971); Mr. and Mrs. Abram Harpending, Rochester, New York (Sotheby's, New York, 1 February 1985, lot. 617); (Israel Sack, Inc., New York).
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wall description: 
The middle section, or splat, of this chair back, with its Gothic pointed arches, may be related to the style invented by the English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale.  English chairs of this pattern are known, so the design probably originated there and was transmitted to this side of the Atlantic, perhaps by means of an imported example.  This chair comes from a set made for Thomas and Elizabeth Edwards of Philadelphia, a furniture making center famous for its carved ornament.  This chair features several finely and naturalistically carved details.
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