Pair of side chairs
Unknown
1795–1800 · Painted maple with white pine · The American Wing
The design for this oval-back chair was based on an engraving in George Hepplewhite’s “Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide” (1788). Other chairs thought to be from this set of twenty-four also have an oval back but are painted white instead of blackish brown.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1795–1800
- Medium
- Painted maple with white pine
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1947
