Chinese Side Chair
c. 1840
19th Century
42 in. x 16 in. x 14 in.
Artist/Maker Unknown,
Object Type:
Furniture
Medium and Support:
wood
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Estate of Mary Griswold Stuebe.
Accession Number:
1998.7.19
A wooden chair with intricate oriental carvings on the seat back and along the seat edge. The seat itself has an inlaid marble or soapstone center approximately 12" x 14" x 1". The chair is one of a pair which formerly were owned by Mrs. Roger Griswold of Boxwood. The chair used to sit in the front hall and was brought to the U.S. by the Nl & GG Line of packet ships.