Mahogany wing chair with tall straight back, deep-set scrolled wing and out-turned arms. It also has a seat with a loose cushion on straight tapering legs with square brass casters in front. There are saber legs in back that are joined by recessed plain stretchers, with modern re-upholstery in gold/honey colored wool blend fabric.
easy chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
armchairs
brass (alloy)
mahogany (wood)
stuffing (upholstering technique)
upholstering
Mahogany
Brass
Upholstered
Stuffed
CHAIR, WING
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
45.25 x 29.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.455
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