Bent-wood Side Chair Maker: Samuel Gragg (American, 1772–1855)

ca. 1808

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Ash and hickory with paint

Dimensions

32 1/4 × 21 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. (81.92 × 54.61 × 43.82 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Stewart G. Rosenblum, J.D. 1974, M.A. 1974, M.Phil. 1976, Ph.D. 2010

Accession Number

2017.156.1

Geography

Made in Boston, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Furniture

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Provenance
Early history unknown; Charlotte L. (Mrs. Ralph) Lowell (1897–1981), Westwood, Massachusetts; by 1970; by gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971; deaccessioned by the MFA, December 19, 2013; sold by Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, Maine, 16 November 2014, lot 265; by purchase to Andrew Spindler, Essex, Massachusetts; by purchase to Stewart Rosenblum, New York, 2015; gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 6
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

side chairs

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