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Dining chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1950-1960, Probably

GUSN

GUSN-181193

Description

One of a pair of side chairs. Painted black, ladder back chairs with rush seats (reminiscent of a Shaker style). Five rails, ergnomically curved betwen two rears tiles tapered at top and bottom. One cylindrical rear stretcher, two on either side, and one flat slightly curved stretcher at the front. Straight front legs- flat and polished at the top, tapered at the bottom. Natural colored rush seats, interwoven into four quadrants.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dining chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
wood (plant material)
rush (material)
Chair, Dining

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

37 1/2 x 16 5/16 x 16 3/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Sarah Kuhn

Accession Number

2005.1.3.2

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Wellfleet (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)

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