Cabriole legs with claw and ball feet. Foliate acorn carving with punched ground on knees, shell carved crest. Rosettes on ears, splats consist of four vertical members connected by three rosettes, molded and carved arms. Inside tenon on all front feet is a undelineated taper.
settees
multiple-seating furniture
beech (wood)
mahogany (wood)
walnut (wood)
Chippendale
Settee
Original to Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),
Unknown
37 3/4 x 58 3/4 x 22 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Edmund Quincy
1972.48
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