ID: 700008819 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008819	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

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

Note: One of a pair at the Art Institute. The design of these chairs was taken almost directly from plate two of Englishman George Hepplewhite’s 1788 edition of The Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer’s Guide, a pattern book that was available in America. The two chairs are part of a set of eight that may have originally been made for Salem merchant Elias Hasket Derby. The house for which these chairs were made was designed by Samuel McIntire, the craftsman to whom the carving on the chairs is attributed.

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: 1794/1799

Creator Display:

Carving attributed to 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: Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, United States) [500304669] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1938.1321

Credit Line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Edith Almy Adams Fund

Address Note: American Art, Gallery 168

Other: Creation: Salem [7014447] Essex county (county), Massachusetts (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Mahogany, ash, and birch

	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)

	birch (wood) [300011973]
	.......(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: 97.2 x 54 x 47 cm (38 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 18 1/2 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: By descent to William C. West; estate of Abbie C. West, Boston, 1932; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1938. Exhibition History Art Institute of Chicago, American Interior Design: The Traditions and Development of Domestic Design from Colonial Times to the Present, 1947, cat. 82. Art Institute of Chicago, Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, The First One Hundred Years, Apr. 23–June 19, 1977, cat. 144.

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 [700008817]
	..........side chair; Carved by Samuel McIntire (American, 1757–1811); about 1795-1805; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 39.173;

	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;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Side Chair	........ [VP]
	........ Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access [online] (2003-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access [online] (2003-)