Side Chair, 1795–1800, Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Maple, ash, 38 x 21 1/2 x 19 in. ( x 54

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Side Chair, 1795–1800, Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Maple, ash, 38 x 21 1/2 x 19 in. ( x x cm), Furniture, This chair is thought to be from a set of twenty-four oval-back chairs that the Salem merchant Elias Hasket Derby (1739-1799) ordered from Philadelphia in 1796. The elliptical shape of the chair back is derived from Neoclassical London design as interpreted in George Hepplewhite's 'The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide' (1788

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