Side Chair
Unknown Artist
In rural areas, painted decoration was frequently used to simulate expensive materials or to add visual interest. This side chair, which retains its original crewelwork seat cover, has a maple frame painted in imitation of imported mahogany.
Credit: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1946
1740-70
Painted maple
109.9 x 54.6cm
46.194.1a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection