Shaped crest rail with an arcaded lower base over turned stiles; four turned spindles and a second rail; shaped, caned seats; four turned legs are joined by double "rod" stretchers at the sides and single "rod" back stretchers and turned front stretcher. Painted light gray and pinstriped in blue with polychrome flower at the crest rail.
chairs (furniture forms)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
turning (shaping process)
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
Turned
Chair
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1992.392.1,2
Unknown
32 x 17 x 16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.392.1-2
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