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Windsor Birdcage Chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1800-1820

GUSN

GUSN-11440

Description

Bamboo turned arched crest-rail and conforming stiles, enclose 7 tapered spindles on a shaped seat and 4 bamboo incised bulbous turned splayed legs; with side and medial stretchers, all painted red and brown.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Windsor chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
wood (plant material)
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
Chair

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

34 1/4 x 19 1/2 x 15 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.390

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