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Pair of side chairs; mahogany; broadly porportioned Chippendale ribbon back with "Z" branded on underside of stretchers; solid crest rail with center carved medallion of scroll work around a circle; round ears with scroll carving; three horizontally pierced scrolled slats with open central circle, beaded on top edge; back stiles molded and beaded; serpentined seat with overupholstered rail; covered in yellow silk damask; square legs, beaded on outside fore edge; plain "H" stretchers front and back; back legs chamfered on inside fore edge.
chairs (furniture forms)
mahogany (wood)
silk (textile)
Chippendale
Furniture
Chair
Original To Governor John Langdon House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
37 2/16 x 23 x 21 7/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Mrs. Woodbury Langdon
1966.295AB
Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
New Hampshire (United States)
Probably England (United Kingdom) [country]
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