500090 Side Chair, c.1760 (mahogany) by American School, (18th century); h:105.40 w:57.20 d:54.30 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Chairs with their splats pierced with a decorative monogram are rare in eighteenth-century English furniture, and this chair is part of a unique American set. The initials "R.M.L." are those of Robert (1718-1775) and Margaret Beekman (1724-1800) Livingston of Clemont, a house on the Hudson River north of New York City. pieced splat with initials of first owners: R M & L; seat cover with initials of second owner: C L G; Roman numeral VI incised on inner surface of rear seat rail. ); Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; American, out of copyright.