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ID: 700008815
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008815
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Side Chair (side chair; Carved by Samuel McIntire (American, 1757–1811); 1790-1795; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 23.27; )
Titles:
Side Chair (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
side chair [300037896] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, seating furniture, single seating furniture, chairs (furniture forms), <chairs by form>)

Classifications:
decorative arts (preferred)
furniture
American art

Creation Date: 1790-1795

Creator Display:
Carved by Samuel McIntire (American, 1757–1811) [preferred,VP]
carver McIntire, Samuel (American architect and carver, 1757-1811) Qualifier: attributed to [500023295]
patron Derby, Elias Hasket (American merchant and patron, 1739-1799) [500312959]
Locations:
Current: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States) [500305147] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 23.27
Credit Line: The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Address Note: On View Richard and Mary B. Saltonstall Gallery (Gallery 121B)
Other: Creation: Salem [7014447] Essex county (county), Massachusetts (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Mahogany, pine, ash, cherry, possibly ebony
mahogany (wood) [300012221]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)
ash (wood) [300164025]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)
ebony (wood) [300012055]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)
pine (wood) [300012620]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, softwood)
cherry (wood) [300012403]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood, prunus (wood))

Dimensions: 100.0 x 47.0 x 55.2 cm (39 3/8 x 18 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Hepplewhite [300021219] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European regional styles and movements>, <modern British styles and movements>, <modern British decorative arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:
utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
shield-back chair [300037998]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, seating furniture, single seating furniture, chairs (furniture forms), <chairs by form>, <chairs by form: back form>) (AAT)
vase-shaped [300256744]
.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name), <attributes and properties by specific type>, form attributes, shape (form attribute)) (AAT)

Provenance: From Derby House, Peabody. Belonged to Elias Hasket Derby. Lent by Miss Martha C. Codman, May 25, 1921. The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts (Accession Date January 4, 1923)
Related Works:
member of same set/group .... Side Chair [700008816]
..........side chair; Carved by Samuel McIntire (American, 1757–1811); 1790-1795; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 23.29;

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Side Chair........ [VP]
........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
Subject: ....... [VP]
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