Side Chair Maker: Unknown

1800–1815

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Unidentified woods, possibly maple, rush seat, red paint, gilding

Dimensions

33 1/2 × 17 1/4 × 19 1/8 in. (85.1 × 43.8 × 48.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Amelia Foote Roe

Accession Number

1996.49.2

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
According to family tradition, originally owned by Emilia Stiles Leavitt (1764–1830) and Jonathan Leavitt (1762–1831), Greenfield, Mass; inherited by Emilia Stiles Leavitt Jenkins Foote (1799–1867) [first husband Rev. Charles Jenkins (1786–1831); second husband Elial Todd Foote (1796–1877)], New Haven, Conn; inherited by her daughter Amelia Leavitt Jenkins Foote (1827–1911) and her husband Charles Cheney Foote (1825–1871), New Haven, Conn.; inherited by their son Charles Jenkins Foote (1861–1955) and his wife Grace Foote (1888-ca. 1945), New Haven, Conn; inherited by their daughter Amelia Lynde Foote Roe (b. 1919), New Haven, Conn, then New Zealand
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions, January 1996–December 1997," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1997–98), 149
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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side chairs

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