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Side chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-14138

Description

Walnut side chairs w/ caned seats. Balloon back w/ turned spindles. No vase turns on this chair. Front legs turned and tapered. Back legs splayed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
caning
straw (plant material)
turning (shaping process)
walnut (wood)
walnut (wood)
Walnut
Straw
Turned
Caned
CHAIR, SIDE

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

53

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

32.25 x 16 x 17 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1398.2

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