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Rectangular back with six horizontal rails has adjustment bracket for four degrees of reclination; steel adjustment brackets screwed onto outside upper edge of rear legs; back legs are cut out scroll at top; front legs are flared at foot; straight flat arms supported by five spindles; on casters; coil springs under seat cushion which is loose and upholstered in blue corded fabric as is back cushion.
chairs (furniture forms)
ash (wood)
brass (alloy)
cotton (textile)
iron (metal)
Ash
Brass
Iron
Cotton
CHAIR
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
AFTER Morris, William (Maker)
41.5 x 22.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.774
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