Side Chairs

DateMid 1700s

Dimensions93.91 × 58.38 cm (37 × 23 in.)

MarkingsLabel (now on file): "Mary (Jones) wife of Rev. Asa Dunbar - She was grandmother of Henry D. Thoreau." Other label (on file): "Salem/ Grandm(a)? Dunbar/ Weston at Capt. Mackay (?)/ Place - Now Geo. Paine."

Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis or George Tolman (before 1909)

Object numberF1412

DescriptionSide chair, country Chippendale style. Unusually broad seat. Top rail curves down to stiles. Two metal ornaments at corners, later additions. Outline of splat is short concave and long cyma. Legs are straight, reeded at corners and have straight underbracing. Later addition of rose-colored upholstery lies half loose (connected on only two sides) on top of previous (original?) black upholstery.