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Captain's Chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

ca. 1840

GUSN

GUSN-5475

Description

Eight knopped spindles supporting wide arms and rolled crest rail; slightly dished seat surmounting turned legs; one stretcher front and back and two left and right; painted black.

Details

Descriptive Terms

low-back Windsor chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Windsor chairs
Pine
Windsor
Painted
CHAIR, CAPTAIN'S

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

33.25 x 23.375 x 21.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.793

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