COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1988.32
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Dates/Places:
America (New York), 18th century
Creator Name-CRT:
America (New York), 18th century
Title:
Side Chair
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
c. 1760
Creation Start Date:
1755
Creation End Date:
1765
Materials and Techniques:
mahogany
Classification Term:
Furniture
Classification Term:
Woodwork
Dimensions:
Overall: 105.4cm x 57.2cm x 54.3cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1988.32
Credit Line:
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Inscriptions:
pieced splat with initials of first owners: R M & L; seat cover with initials of second owner: C L G; Roman numeral VI incised on inner surface of rear seat rail.
Provenance:
Robert (1718-1775) and Margaret Beekman (1724-1800) Livingston of Clermont; their daughter Catherine Livingston Garreston (1752-1849; her daughter Mary Rutherford Garreston (d. 1879); several generations of the Tillotson Wainwright family.
Context:
Chairs with their splats pierced with a decorative monogram are rare in eighteenth-century English furniture, and this chair is part of a unique American set. The initials "R.M.L." are those of Robert (1718-1775) and Margaret Beekman (1724-1800) Livingston of Clemont, a house on the Hudson River north of New York City.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1988.32.tif
