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Chippendale-style mahogony side chair with pierced splat. Relief carved icanthus details with husk. Icanthus carved details on knees of front cabriole legs. Plain slayed back legs. Floral needlepoint seat.
dining chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
carving (processes)
mahogany (wood)
piercing
upholstering
Chippendale
Colonial Revival
floral patterns
husk (motif)
Mahogany
Needlepoint
Colonial Revival
Chippendale
Upholstered
Pierced
Carved
Husk
Floral
CHAIR, DINING
1) Incised on underside of removable seat: ""VII"" 2) Paper label in ink taped on underside of rail: ""Laurence Batchelder/ 983 Memorial Drive, Cambridge""
Unknown
Bequest of Nancy Thayer Batchelder
1996.63
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