Side chair possibly belonging to Judah Monis, ca. 1700.

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Side chair possibly belonging to Judah Monis, ca. 1700.

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Oral tradition holds that this side chair belonged to Judah Monis. The beech side chair is painted black, with a horsehair seat and cane panel on back. The chair has twist-turned stiles, twisted stretchers, top cresting and front stretcher carved with crown and putti, and back carved with rosettes.

Beech side chair, painted black, with horsehair seat and splat back with cane panel.

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7086553

Harvard University Archives.

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Monis, Judah, 1683-1764

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Monis taught Hebrew at Harvard College. From the description of A grammar of the Hebrew tongue : manuscript, [not before 1735] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612819312 Judah Monis (1683-1764), a Jewish scholar and educator, was an instructor of Hebrew at Harvard College between 1722 and 1760. Monis was born on February 4, 1683, likely in Italy or the Barbary States. He immigrated to New York City in the early 1700s, and later moved to Massachusetts. Monis converte...