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1770-1790
GUSN-17479
Six ribbon back side chairs and one arm chair; carved and pierced ribbons and on the crest rail carved ears; upholstered in green satin damask; molded Marlborough legs; H and stretchers; saddle seat; style very popular in later 18th century.
side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
mahogany (wood)
silver maple (wood)
birch (wood)
Mahogany
Maple
Damask
CHAIR
Unknown
Boston, MA; Salem, MA
35.875 x 23 (HxW) (inches)
1948.131D
Jobe, Brock and Myrna Kaye. New England Furniture: The Colonial Era. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
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