ID: 700008817 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008817	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Side Chair (side chair; Carved by Samuel McIntire (American, 1757–1811); about 1795-1805; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 39.173; )

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)

American art

furniture

Creation Date: about 1795-1805

Creator Display:

Carved by Samuel McIntire (American, 1757–1811) [preferred,VP]

carver McIntire, Samuel (American architect and carver, 1757-1811) [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: 39.173

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

	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)

Dimensions: Overall: 96.5 cm (38 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: Said to have been made for Elias Hasket Derby and purchased at a sale of his property shortly after his death. Purchased by the West family, they descended to William C. West, from whose widow they were acquired by the donors. "The M. and M. Karolik Collection of 18th century American Arts."

Related Works:

	member of same set/group .... Side Chair [700000089]
	..........side chair; attributed to Samuel McIntire (American, 1757-1811), for Eli...; 1794/1799 ; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 62.16

	member of same set/group .... Side Chair [700008818]
	..........side chair; Carved by Samuel McIntire (American, 1757–1811); 1790-1795; Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, Harris county, Texas, United S...; B.61.92;

	member of same set/group .... Side Chair [700008819]
	..........side chair; Carving attributed to Samuel McIntire (American, 1757-1811); 1794/1799; Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, Un...; 1938.1321

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]