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Chippendale-style side chair; pierced vasiform splat; square seat; upholstered over the rail (overupholsterd in gold satin damask); back stile terminating in earred crest rail with single beaded edges; back and "H" stretchers, with rounded (somewhat quarter round) upper surface; Marlborough leg with bead on outside edge; all legs are chamfered on the inside; four diagonal braces under seat.
side chairs
mahogany (wood)
upholstered seats
Chippendale
Furniture
Chair
Used At Lady Pepperell House (Kittery Point, Me.),
Unknown
38 x 21 1/4 x 18 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Virginia L. Hodge and Katharine D. Parry
1942.1238
Probably North America (North and Central America) [general region]
Possibly England (United Kingdom) [country]
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