About This Artwork

Samuel Gragg
American, 1772-1855

Side Chair, 1808/12

Oak, ash, and maple
86.4 x 45.2 x 49.5 cm (34 x 17 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
Branded under front seat rail: "S. GRAGG / BOSTON"
Wirt D. Walker Fund, 1970.40

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, "For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 9.