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Easy Chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1760-1775

GUSN

GUSN-57773

Description

Chair with serpentine crest; carved arm supports; gadrooning; straight legs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

easy chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
beech (wood)
mahogany (wood)
upholstering
Chair
Armchair
Chair, Easy
Mahogany
Upholstered
Beech
Chair, Easy

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

38 7/8 x 28 5/8 x 24 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3045

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