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Side Chair

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM Mahogany, white cedar, tulip poplar, modern upholstery
DATES ca. 1770
DIMENSIONS 40 x 25.5 x 22 in. (101.6 x 64.8 x 55.9 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Top of backside of splat in red: "14.1924.9" and directly below it: "33-1926-12" Inside of left seat frame, written upside-down "#395 R." On back piece of seat rail "1250" written and "llll" carved. On inside of front seat rail "llll" carved. Underside of slip seat marked "llll". Slip seat has a sticker loosely attached to it, noting: "VT Garmayer & Son, 432-434 E. 71st Street, NY 21, NY, Mrs. M. Sloan, Bklyn, NY"
ACCESSION NUMBER 1997.150.3a-b
CREDIT LINE Matthew Scott Sloan Collection, Gift of Lidie Lane Sloan McBurney
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION Side Chair, ca. 1770. Mahogany, white cedar, tulip poplar, modern upholstery, 40 x 25.5 x 22 in. (101.6 x 64.8 x 55.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Matthew Scott Sloan Collection, Gift of Lidie Lane Sloan McBurney, 1997.150.3a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1997.150.3_transp699.jpg)
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