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Side chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1770-1800

GUSN

GUSN-24799

Description

Side chair. Soft maple. Serpentine crest with upturned ears. Precisely beveled pierced splat tenoned into rail above rush seat. Ball-turned front stretcher. Side and rear stretchers bulge slightly in center. Rests on turned front legs with Spanish feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
graining
silver maple (wood)
silver (metal)
Chippendale
Maple
Grained
Chippendale
CHAIR, SIDE

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

39 3/4 x 18 1/4 x 14 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1936.230

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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