Side Chair

Gallery 258, European Art 1850-1900, second floor

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Side Chair

1876

Gregory and Company, London (c. 1850–?)

This side chair comes from a bedroom suite originally purchased by George Peabody Wetmore (1846-1921) for Château-sur-Mer, his home in Newport, Rhode Island. Wetmore, who served as governor of Rhode Island and also as a United States senator, inherited the house from his father in 1862. During the 1870s, while Wetmore and his wife traveled throughout Europe, architect Richard Morris Hunt supervised the remodeling and redecorating of the house. It is now open to the public as a museum.

Gallery 258, European Art 1850-1900, second floor

Object Details

Title:

Side Chair
Slipper Chair

Date:

1876

Artist:

Gregory and Company, London (c. 1850–?)

Medium:

Rosewood

Dimensions:

31 1/2 × 15 1/2 × 16 inches (80 × 39.4 × 40.6 cm) Height of seat: 15 1/2 inches (39.4 cm)

Classification:

Furniture/Furnishings

Credit Line:

Gift (by exchange) of Mrs. Christine P. Rosengarten, 1969

Accession Number:

1969-197-16

Geography:

Made in London, England, Europe Made for Château-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, North and Central America

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Gallery 258, European Art 1850-1900, second floor

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