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Chippendale-style Side Chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1770-1790

GUSN

GUSN-241489

Description

Chippendale-style side chair; birch; three slats echo the chest; Marlborough base; upholstered seat with two rows of decorative tacks across the front and around the sides; six perpendicular tacks at each corner at the front.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dining chairs
birch (wood)
secondary wood
cloth
tacks
Chair, Dining

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of the Congoleum Corporation

Accession Number

1985.695

Places

New Hampshire (United States)
Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)

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