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1840-1870
GUSN-181264
Elizabethan Revival, walnut side chair with woolen, needlepoint seat. Two (ballister-turned) crest rails and one splat shoe. Two finial topped spool-turned stiles and four banisters. Low, spool-turned arms with round, polished handholds. Undecorated, rectanuglar rear legs, slightly bowed. Spool-turned front legs meet a seat rail holding a multi-colored, geometric-patterned needlepoint seat. Seat is padded and lined on the sides with velvet and trim.
side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
wood (plant material)
wool (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
geometric motifs
Elizabethan Revival
Chair
Unknown
36 3/16 x 19 1/2 x 21 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Thomas Michie
2005.3.1
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