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Side chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

GUSN

GUSN-26147

Description

Cromwellian chair w/ tapestry-like modern upholstery. Front legs are turned w/ blocks and balls. Single rectangular stretcher at front. Two rectangular stretchers each side. Square, slightly canted back posts below seat. Above seat posts have ball turnings. Crest rail is new. Upper right stretcher probably oldest element. Probably assembled in the late 19th cent. of old elements.

Details

Descriptive Terms

side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
beech (wood)
Beech
Cromwellian
CHAIR

Associated Building

Gilman Garrison House (Exeter, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

34.875 x 18.5 x 15.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of William Perry Dudley

Accession Number

1966.1346

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