Side chair

Unknown

1760–90 · Mahogany · The American Wing

This chair is an unusual rendition of the Gothic taste in Philadelphia. The posts splay outward, forming an uncommonly broad crest rail, and the ornament is remarkably small in scale. The chair is coded number “IV” in a set of side chairs that were produced en suite with an armchair and a dressing table, all with identical legs.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1760–90

Medium

Mahogany

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1943