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Chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1810

GUSN

GUSN-57780

Description

Sack back Windsor armchair with turned base. Saddle seat; Refinished a dark reddish brown with traces of the original black paint throughout.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chairs (furniture forms)
sack-back Windsor chairs
ash (wood)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Windsor chairs
Windsor
Pine
Ash
CHAIR

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

37 x 25 1/4 x 15 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.4411

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