Decorative arts

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Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1730-1760
Accession number: 2017.5.70
Maker: Unknown, American, 18th Century(Opens in new tab) (American, 1700–1799)
Dimensions: overall: 39 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 20 in. (100.3 x 52.1 x 50.8 cm.)
Medium: walnut and wool
Description: Late Baroque style chair from Massachusetts with cabriole legs and pad feet
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gail-Oxford Collection
Department: American Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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Side chairs such as these with their gracefully curving cabriole legs and pad feet in the fashionable late Baroque style were produced in New England, particularly Boston, from approximately 1730 to 1760. Distinguishing features include the "stiles" or back posts with flattened front faces and the rounded compass seat.

Chair

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