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Chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1760-1785

GUSN

GUSN-49941

Description

Side chair. One of a set of six. Mahogany with maple loose seat frame. Pierced splat serpentine crest with molded ears. One-piece splat shoe and seat rails. Slip rush seat. Chamfered stretchers. Rests on Marlborough legs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chairs (furniture forms)
maple (wood)
rush (material)
Norway spruce (wood)
Chippendale
maple (wood)
rush (material)
Maple
Pine
Rush
Chippendale
CHAIR

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

36 7/16 x 20 3/8 x 15 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1981.17

Reference Notes

Jobe, Brock and Myrna Kaye. New England Furniture: The Colonial Era. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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