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Maker(s):Fiske, William
Culture:American (1770-1844)
Title:side chair
Date Made:1790-1793
Type:Furniture
Materials:wood: mahogany, birch, pine; textile
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Salem
Measurements:overall: 37 x 21 x 18 in.; 93.98 x 53.34 x 45.72 cm
Accession Number:  HD 60.303
Credit Line:Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Side chair with a shield back and stamped on the chair rail "WF" for William Fiske who worked in Salem, Massachusetts, from 1788-1793 when he joined his brother, Samuel Fiske (1769-1797) in Boston. Shield-back or vase-back (the period term) designs appeared both in Hepplewhite's "Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide" first published in 1788, and Sheraton's "The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book" published in four volumns (1791–1794); these designs were immediately picked up in America where they were made in most major cabinetmaking centers.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Mahogany

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