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Side chair. Mahogany with soft maple loose seat frame. Serpentine crest rail with carved molded ears. Pierced splat with "owl's eye" central design. Straight seat. Rests on creased cabriole legs and raked ball and claw feet. Block and baluster side stretchers; swelled medial and rear stretchers. Inner front seat rail branded "M.MACKAY."
chairs (furniture forms)
mahogany (wood)
maple (wood)
Chippendale
maple (wood)
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Chippendale
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Chair
Mackay, Mungo, c. 1740-1811
Unknown
Boston, MA
37 5/8 x 23 1/2 x 17 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Virginia L. Hodge and Katharine D. Parry
1942.1208
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