Collection Highlights
Journael Gehouden opt’ schip den gulden Bever en tschip den gulden Otter van de Manathans naer Patria Ende Wedrom naer de Manathans (Journal kept aboard the Ship the Golden Beaver and the Ship the Golden Otter from the Manhattans to Patria and the return)
Date:
October 1660- June 1663
Object Number:
MSS.Ships.Journals.1600
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Side chair
Object Number:
1963.88
Date:
1745-1775
Medium:
Mahogany; pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 22 in. ( 97.8 x 57.2 x 55.9 cm )
Marks:
carved: inside front seat rail; "VI"
Description:
Mahogany Queen Anne side chair; shell-crested back with curved stiles that conform to the contours of the urn-shaped splat; compass seat with upholstered needlepoint slip seat; cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet and shells with pendant bellflowers on knees, rear tapered legs with pad feet; the crest rail seems to have been raised or repaired.
Gallery Label:
Recent scholarship has re-attributed many chairs of this style from New York to Boston.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving Olds
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
