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Side chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1860-1870

GUSN

GUSN-14362

Description

Rosewood grained; scroll crest rail; conforming slat; shaped stiles; saber shape legs; trapezoidal chair rail; flat concave front stretcher. Generally darked(?) and crazed surface.

Details

Descriptive Terms

side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
birch (wood)
cane (plant material)
maple (wood)
rosewood (wood)
veneer
Empire (style)
maple (wood)
Birch
Maple
Rosewood
Cane
Empire
CHAIR

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

33.333 x 17 x 16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.403.4

Places

New York state (United States)

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