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Side chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1785-1800

GUSN

GUSN-14188

Description

Side chair. Refinished mahogany, twentieth-century upholstery. Serpentine crest rail over three conforming slats, upholsterd saddle-shaped seat; molded straight front legs; H-shape stretchers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
mahogany (wood)
Chippendale
Mahogany
Upholstered
Chippendale
CHAIR

Label

Displayed in the "Newbury Furniture" exhibit in the SPNEA One Bowdoin Square Gallery May 2, 2000 through October 6, 2000. See object file for complete exhibit label.

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

MA; Newbury, MA; Newburyport, MA

Dimensions

38 1/3 x 22 1/2 x 18 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.194.1

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
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