Side chair

Creator:: McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 (attributed)
Published/Created:: Salem, Essex county, Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1800
Physical Description:: Height: 43 1/4 in.
Materials:: mahogany
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Sheraton mahogany side chair, raised panel in crest carved with basket of fruit in star-punched ground, interlaced molded Gothic slats. Carving attributed to Samuel McIntire; similar chairs are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Ford Museum (now The Henry Ford), Dearborn, Michigan; and the Pierce-Nichols Housem, Salem, Massachusetts.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 3, p. 620, pl. 1405.
Variant Titles:: Sheraton mahogany side chair
Topics:: Decoration and ornament -- Sheraton style
Furniture -- United States
Period/Style:: Federal
Sheraton
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 3092
Genre:: side chairs (AAT)
Format:: Image
Physical Object
Content Type:: Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:: Public
Source Title:: Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
Source Created:: New York, New York, United States
1957–1990
Source Note:: Sack, January 1970
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Folder 10319 cab2dr2 tiff_complete
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10969488
OID:: 11872124
PID:: digcoll:847510