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Great Chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1885-1895

GUSN

GUSN-38317

Description

Heavy round legs, rails and stretchers; slat with incised ornament; 2-piece board seat; slanted arms.

Details

Descriptive Terms

great chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
staining
ebony (color)
wood (plant material)
cherry (wood)
cherry (wood)
Colonial Revival
Aesthetic Movement
Cherry
Ebonized
Aesthetic
Colonial Revival
CHAIR, GREAT

Inscription

Painted on seat bottom: ""69""

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

36.125 x 25.5 x 20.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1935.1543

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