Pair of Side Chairs

1. Probably Elias Haskett Derby (1739–1799), Salem, MA, by 1799; probably estate of Elias Haskett Derby, 1799; by descent to his son-in-law Captain Nathaniel West Sr. (1756–1851) and daughter Elizabeth Derby West (1762–1814), Salem and Danvers (now Peabody), MA, 1799 [Nathaniel and Elizabeth divorced in 1806, at which time the McIntire chairs either stayed with Elizabeth at Oak Hill in Danvers or went with Nathaniel to 34 Chestnut Street or 5–9 Summer Street (built 1834), both in Salem]. Possibly bequeathed by Elizabeth to her three daughters Martha Derby West (1787–1851), Elizabeth (Eliza) West Lander (1790–1849), and Sarah Derby West (1797–1819), 1814 [upon Sarah’s death in 1814, Nathaniel West Sr. regained 1/3 ownership of Oak Hill and its contents, and upon Elizabeth West Lander’s death in 1849, her share passed by descent to her husband Edward Lander (1787–1862), who then transferred his share of Oak Hill to his father-in-law Nathaniel West Sr. in 1849; West sold Oak Hill in 1850 and would have transferred its remaining contents at that time to one of his 5–9 Summer Street townhouses in Salem]. By descent to Nathaniel West Sr.’s son Richard West (died 1879); by descent to his son William C. West (1844–1928), Boston, 1879; by descent to his wife, Abbie C. Farley West (died 1932), Boston, 1928; estate of Abbie C. Farley West, Boston, 1932; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1938.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Art Institute of Chicago, American Interior Design: The Traditions and Development of Domestic Design from Colonial Times to the Present, 1947, cat. 82.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, The First One Hundred Years, Apr. 23–June 19, 1977, cat. 144.

• Mildred Davison, “Important Gifts from the Antiquarians,” Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago 33, 5 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1939), 100 (ill.).
• Meyric Reynold Rogers, "American Interior Design: The Traditions and Development of Domestic Design from Colonial Times to the Present," (Bonanza Books, 1947), 101 (ill.).
• The Antiquarian Society (Art Institute of Chicago, 1951), no. 39.
• Meyric R. Rogers, “American Decorative Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago,” 74, 1 Antiques (July 1958), 49–56 (ill.).
• Barbara Wriston, “American Furniture in the Collection,” The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 57 (Spring 1963), 32 (ill.)
• Milo M. Naeve, Classical Presence in American Art (Art Institute of Chicago, 1976), 21, no. 24.
• Tom Armstrong, “The New Field–McCormick Galleries in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Magazine Antiques 134, 4 (Oct. 1988), 822–35.
• Milo M. Naeve, Identifying American Furniture, 2nd ed., (American Association for State and Local History, 1989), 14 (ill.).
• Milo M. Naeve, Identifying American Furniture, 3rd ed., (American Association for State and Local History, 1997), ill.
• Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 110–111, no. 40.

Armchair

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sofa

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mantel from Elias Hasket Derby House, Salem, Massachusetts

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bedstead

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fence Post Finial from the Jerathmeel Peirce House, Salem, Massachusetts

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mantel

Art Institute of Chicago

Card Table

Art Institute of Chicago

Frederick Douglass

Art Institute of Chicago

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