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c. 1760-1780
GUSN-222348
Boston Chippendale mahogany easy chair with reproduction red wool damask upholstery; serpentine crest with shaped wings over outscrolled arms; carved cabriole front legs with claw and ball feet, joined by block and turned stretchers to maple chamfered raking rear legs. Reupholstered by SNPEA in 1993-1994 based on red wool damask fabric found under original rosehead nails.
easy chairs
carving (processes)
turning (shaping process)
joining
upholstering
mahogany (wood)
maple (wood)
wool (textile)
Chippendale
Chair, Easy
Unknown
46 x 32 1/2 x 27 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Museum Purchase
2004.18
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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