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Bannister Back Arm Chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1700-1730

GUSN

GUSN-10669

Description

Bannister back arm chair painted black with splint seat, two front bannister stretchers, one rear and two side stretchers and urn style finials and blunt end-shaped arms and four bannisters.

Details

Descriptive Terms

banister-back chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
ash (wood)
painting (coating)
maple (wood)
oak (wood)
urns
maple (wood)
Maple
Ash
Oak
Painted
Urn
CHAIR, EASY

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

26 x 16.5 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.561

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