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1845-1860
GUSN-49551
Side chair with balloon back with volutes and a scrolled slat. Cane seat. Turned and splayed legs. Painted cream with gold striping and floral designs over a black base layer. Embroidered needlepoint seat cushion with floral designs.
chairs (furniture forms)
wood (plant material)
caning
needlepoint (needleworking)
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
Painted
Caned
Needlework
Turned
Chair
"21" (stamped)
"This chair was worked by Aunt Sally Lyman (Mrs. George T. Lyman)" (handwritten)
" * " (A star shape)
Original To Lyman Estate (Waltham, Mass.),
Lyman, Sally (Otis), 1825-1894 (Embroiderer)
31 5/8 x 16 1/4 x 18 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the children of Arthur and Susan Cabot Lyman
1978.12
possibly
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