Figure 38 Side chair, Baltimore, Maryland, ca. 1824. Unidentified woods. H. 30 1/2", W. 17 3/4", D. 15 3/8". (Courtesy, Baltimore Museum of Art, gift of Randolph Mordecai; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) Although this set of chairs has yet to be linked to the Finlays, their firm specialized in providing furniture and decorations for symbolic events such as the “silver supper.”
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