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Set of dining chairs

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-189582

Description

Set of twelve Queen Anne style dining chairs including two armchairs and ten side chairs all featuring floral marquetry decoration, carved claw-and-ball feet and red leather covered slip seats.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dining chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
marquetry
wood (plant material)
leather
Queen Anne Style
Chair, Dining

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD073

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1468

Places

Possibly Netherlands

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