Side Chair Maker, attributed to: Herter Brothers (American, 1864–1906)

1880–90

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Rosewood with gilding and original silk upholstery

Dimensions

34 × 18 × 18 3/4 in. (86.4 × 45.7 × 47.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jay E. Cantor in memory of Florence Mellows Montgomery and Charles F. Montgomery

Accession Number

2021.54.5

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Furniture

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Provenance
Mary Searles (née Mary Frances Sherwood, formerly Mrs. Mark Hopkins, 1819–1891), San Francisco, Meno Park, Calif., later Great Barrington, Mass., New York, and Block Island; by inheritance to her husband Edward F. Searles (1841–1920). Robert E. Cleaves (1935–1996), Groton, Mass.; by gift to Jay E. Cantor, New York and Woodstock, Conn., about 1980; given by Jay E. Cantor to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

reception chairs

Inscriptions

"4648," stamped, underside of proper right leg

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