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1755-1785
GUSN-25660
Side chair. Mahogany; cherry rear seat rail; hard maple loose seat frame. Serpentine crest rail with molded ears. Upwardly tapered stiles chamfered in back. Double-pierced splat with diamond central cutout. Straight seat. Swelled front and rear stretcher with block and baluster turned joints Rear legs chamfered on four sides above rear stretchers. Cabriole legs with central creases terminate in knuckled claw and ball feet.
side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
mahogany (wood)
cherry (wood)
maple (wood)
Chippendale
Chair
Chair
Unknown
Boston, MA, Boston or Coastal Essex County; MA, Boston or Coastal Essex County
37 3/4 x 23 3/8 x 17 9/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Mrs. Eva R. Greeley
1939.359
Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly
Possibly
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