Hepplewhite side chair, one of a pair, c. 1795, Stephen Badlam, American (Massachusetts), American, 1751-1815, 37 1/2 x 23 x 19in. (95.2 x 58.4 x 48.3cm), Mahogany, ash, United States, 18th-19th century, Stephen Badlam was a leading American furniture maker during the Federal period. He set up his shop in Dorchester Lower Mills, Massachusetts, and was one of a number of furniture makers to mark his furniture with a stamp. Badlam and many of his peers drew inspiration from British design source books such as George Hepplewhite's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1788). This chair is one of a pair; the other is currently on view nearby in the MacFarlane Room.
Hepplewhite side chair, one of a pair, c. 1795, Stephen Badlam, American (Massachusetts), American, 1751-1815, 37 1/2 x 23 x 19in. (95.2 x 58.4 x 48.3cm), Mahogany, ash, United States, 18th-19th century, Stephen Badlam was a leading American furniture maker during the Federal period. He set up his shop in Dorchester Lower Mills, Massachusetts, and was one of a number of furniture makers to mark his furniture with a stamp. Badlam and many of his peers drew inspiration from British design source books such as George Hepplewhite's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1788). This chair is one of a pair; the other is currently on view nearby in the MacFarlane Room.