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Thumb-back windsor chair, painted brown w/ green and black grapevine motif painted on crest rail. Stiles curve backward and flatten into thumbs at back. Slightly arched crest rail above 5 spindles, tapered at top and w/ small ring turnings 3/4 from bottom. Solid plank seat w/ incised line as border. Bamboo turned legs that flare outward. Bamboo turned stretchers at each side.
side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Windsor chairs
Painted
Windsor
CHAIR, SIDE
Printed on bottom: ""RHT""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
53.2
Unknown
33.875 x 16.75 x 16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5698.1
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