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.
dining chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
wood (plant material)
rush (material)
Chair, Dining
Unknown
37 1/2 x 16 5/16 x 16 3/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Sarah Kuhn
2005.1.3.2
Massachusetts (United States)
Wellfleet (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Title Ice Crusher Accession Number 2005.1.1AB
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