Band of latticework on curved chair rail, stiles and flared hand rails. Snowshoe-shaped splat w/ open caned circular motif. Arms supported by three bent reeds which form arcade. Oval wooden seat frame w/ caned seat. Slightly flared legs w/ bracket supports enclosing circular insert of wickerwork.
armchairs
chairs (furniture forms)
wicker
wood (plant material)
Victorian
Children's furnishing
Wicker
Victorian
CHAIR
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
25 x 13.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.462
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