Side Chair

Attributed to Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854)

New York City, New York

c.1810

George Clarke (1768-1835) purchased twelve chairs for the drawing room of his townhouse in Albany, NY from “Mr. Prevost” on January 7, 1813. He paid a sum of $126 for the set. Clarke was related to the Prevost family as his brother Edward Clarke (1770-1826) married Anne Margaret Prevost.