Figure 30 Armchair, probably Boston, Massachusetts, 1700–1710. Maple with oak; original leather upholstery. H. 47 1/2", W. 23 3/4, D. 17 3/4". (Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Reproduced with permission. ©2000 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All rights reserved. Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, 1971.624.) Acanthus-carved arms such as these were common on late-seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century French upholstered seating furniture.