Figure 17 Side chair, Boston or New York City, ca. 1700. Maple and oak. H. 47", W. 20", D. 21". (Private collection; photo, Christopher Zaleski.) This chair, branded “PVP” for Philip Verplank of Fishkill, New York, is related to three carved leather chairs at Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, New York. The latter are also branded “PVP.”