Oak arm chair fastened with wooden pegs. Turned legs and stretchers with blocks. Matted seat. Back has three slats with circles and crosses. Crest circle with cross in center flanked by two ball capped finials. Made from oak timbers saved from the Hancock House (Razed 1863).
armchairs
oak (wood)
Chair
Associated With John Hancock House (Boston, Mass.),
Unknown
50 5/8 x 24 3/8 x 22 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Massachusetts Historical Society
2004.13
1877 (circa)
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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