The comb-back with shaped crest over seven s-curved spindles flanked by conforming stiles with under-scrolling arm rests above bamboo-carved arm supports, over a solid seat with incised decoration, over bamboo-carved legs and stretchers. The whole painted green, except for arms.
Windsor chairs
ash (wood)
pine (wood)
Chair
"Mrs. Norton" (handwriting rleated to other Norton inscriptions)
Attributed to Gragg, Samuel (American cabinetmaker, 1772-ca. 1855)
Boston, Massachusetts, New England
35.5 x 18.5 x 17.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Susan Norton
1990.130
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Samuel Gragg manuscript collection Accession Number
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