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Side chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-18628

Description

Walnut side chair w/ caned seat. Balloon back w/ turned spindles. Turned front stretcher; front legs turned and tapered, back legs splayed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
caning
turning (shaping process)
walnut (wood)
walnut (wood)
Walnut
Turned
Caned
CHAIR, SIDE

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

52

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

32.25 x 16 x 17 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1398.1

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