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Introduction

Sixteen Chairs

January 13 - March 4, 1973

Selected Objects

Josef Hoffmann, designer

Side Chair (model no. 371), 1905-06

William Hogarth

Plate 4, 1735

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Martelé Chair, 1903

English, England

Side Chair, ca. 1745
No Image Available

English, England

Buffet Stool, 1550-1600

American, probably Connecticut

Windsor Armchair, 1780-1800

Charles Eames, designer

DCW (Dining Chair Wood), 1948

Anthony Steel

Low-Back Writing-Arm Windsor Chair, 1791-1800

American, Boston Massachusetts

Side Chair, ca. 1690-1720

American, Boston Massachusetts

Side Chair, ca. 1740 - 1760

Attributed to Christie Painter

Water Jar (Hydria-Kalpis), ca. 450 BCE

Chinese

Round-back chair, late 1600s - early 1700s

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