Side Chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 48 x 18 x 15 in. (121.9 x 45.7 x 38.1 cm). Date: 1700-1720.Tall, stately, and covered in its original "Russia" leather, this high-back chair is a fine example of the fully developed William and Mary style. It is crowned with a characteristic Boston-school crest rail featuring C-scrolls and foliage. The calfskin leather is of the type made near Saint Petersburg in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Usually dyed red and embossed with a tiny lattice pattern, it was tanned and dressed with bark extracts and oils to make it supple and less subject to decay and insect infestation. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.