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Windsor writing chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1725-1860

GUSN

GUSN-46013

Description

Windsor tablet-arm writing chair with 9-spindle bowback has bamboo-turned legs and T stretchers. Armchair is painted black and incised around seat edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

writing-arm Windsor chairs
wood (plant material)
paint (coating)
Chair
Armchair
Chair, Tablet-Arm
Chair, Tablet-Arm

Associated Building

Original to Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

38 1/4 x 33 x 17 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Frances Sortwell

Accession Number

1958.397

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