1800-1860
GUSN-308504
Chair with scrolled head and arm rails and three additional dowel rails on back. Turned front legs and stretchers. Black paint with red slip. Elaborate polychrome stencil of rose spray on head rail, and flower garland with butterfly on seat rail. Rush seat.
armchairs
wood (plant material)
paint (coating)
stenciling
rush (material)
Chair
Chair
Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
United States
34 3/8 x 20 7/8 x 17 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Frances Sortwell
1958.449
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