Window Seat
- Attributed to
- John Finlay, American, 1777–1851
- Attributed to
- Hugh Finlay, American, 1781–1831
- Date
- c.1815
- made in
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Furniture
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 15 5/8 x 46 1/16 x 15 3/4 in. (39.7 x 117 x 40 cm)
- Credit Line
- Funds given by the Decorative Arts Society
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 1571:1983
Provenance
c.1815
Thomas Tenant, Baltimore, commissioned from Hugh and John Finlay, Baltimore [1]
about 1898-1983
probably William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946), to David K. Bruce (1898-1977), and family by inheritance [1]
- 1983
Richard C. Cote, Richmond, VA, USA
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Richard C. Cote [23
Note:
[1] New research by Lance Humphries identifies the probable first owner of this object, which was part of a 17-piece suite. See ("New Furniture for Emerging Social Refinement: Colonel Thomas Tenant's FInlay Suite Identified," in American Furniture, 2025),
[2] See note [1], which suggests the seat was acquired by the Bruce family c.1898.
[3] Letter from Richard C. Cote dated August 2, 1983 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 23, 1983.
Thomas Tenant, Baltimore, commissioned from Hugh and John Finlay, Baltimore [1]
about 1898-1983
probably William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946), to David K. Bruce (1898-1977), and family by inheritance [1]
- 1983
Richard C. Cote, Richmond, VA, USA
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Richard C. Cote [23
Note:
[1] New research by Lance Humphries identifies the probable first owner of this object, which was part of a 17-piece suite. See ("New Furniture for Emerging Social Refinement: Colonel Thomas Tenant's FInlay Suite Identified," in American Furniture, 2025),
[2] See note [1], which suggests the seat was acquired by the Bruce family c.1898.
[3] Letter from Richard C. Cote dated August 2, 1983 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 23, 1983.
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