Hepplewhite Side Chair
CultureEnglish
Date1790
MediumPainted satinwood
DimensionsOverall: 39 1/4 x 19 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (99.7 x 49.53 x 49.53 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-637/2
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DescriptionOval shaped back carved with the Prince of Wales feathers and ribbons and flowers. Turned and painted legs.ProvenanceWilliam Hesketh Lever (1851-1925), 1st Viscount Leverhulme, The Hill, Hampstead, England, by 1925;
Purchased at his posthumous sale, The Art Collections of the Late Viscount Leverhulme, The Anderson Galleries, New York, lot 100, February 24, 1926, by French and Company, New York, stock no. 28210, 1926-January 30, 1933 [1];
Purchased from French and Company by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, French and Company Stock Sheets, box 30, folder 3.
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