Unknown English
Set of Twelve Side Chairs

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Artist Unknown English

CultureEnglish

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Set of Twelve Side Chairs

Datec. 1740

PlaceEngland

MediumWalnut, leather and brass

DimensionsOverall (Each): 39 3/4 × 26 1/4 × 27 1/4 in. (101 × 66.7 × 69.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III

Object number94.1197.1-.12

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Rienzi

Object Type

FURNITURE

ProvenanceViscount Clifden; by descent to Francis Gerald, Esq., M.V.O., Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire; by decent to C. Cottrell-Dormer, Esq.; [Frank Partridge, Inc., New York]; Mrs. Frank D. Stout, Chicago; Wlter P. Chrysler, Jr.; [Parke Bernet Galleries, May, 1960, lot 531 & 532]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III; given to MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition History"English Taste: The Art of Dining in the Eighteenth Century," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 17 September 2011 - 29 January 2012.

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