# Pair of Side Chairs

- By: Samuel McIntire (Salem, Massachusetts)
- Date: 1794–99
- Medium: Mahogany, ash, birch, and upholstery
- Classification: Furniture
- Dimensions: Each: 97.2 × 54 × 47 cm (38 1/4 × 21 1/4 × 18 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Salem
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society through the Edith Almy Adams Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/89630)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/c3e62173-5570-06d9-d6eb-848017faad96/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The design of these chairs was taken almost directly from plate two of Englishman George Hepplewhite’s 1788 edition of The Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer’s Guide, a pattern book that was available in America. The two chairs are part of a set of eight that may have originally been made for Salem merchant Elias Hasket Derby. The house for which these chairs were made was designed by Samuel McIntire, the craftsman to whom the carving on the chairs is attributed.

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