Description
Chairs of this or similar design seem to have been made by several Boston cabinetmakers. This chair may have belonged to one or more members of the distinguished Derby family or West family-or both-of nearby Salem, Massachusetts.
Provenance
said to have belonged to the Derby-West Family, Massachusetts, and Roger Wentworth, Arlington, Vermont; Dr. L. N. Harrington, Cooperstown, New York; Moselle T. Meals, 1969.
Accession Number
1986.208
Medium
mahogany
Dimensions
Overall: 90.8 x 48.3 x 52.1 cm (35 3/4 x 19 x 20 1/2 in.)
Classification
Furniture and woodwork
Credit Line
Gift of Gordon D. Meals and Jean F. Meals in memory of Moselle T. Meals
