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Side chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1800-1820

GUSN

GUSN-172454

Description

Klismo style side chair with grain painting and stenciled fleur de lis and scroll decoration along crest rail and seat front, woven rush seat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

side chairs
klismoi
chairs (furniture forms)
wood (plant material)
Empire (style)
Chair

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD289

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

33 1/2 x 17 3/4 x 17 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2187.1

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