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Easy Chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1880-1920

GUSN

GUSN-57974

Description

Easy chair with a serpentine crest, shaped wings, and ball and claw feet. Upholstered in yellow linsey-woolsey.

Details

Descriptive Terms

easy chairs
mahogany (wood)
upholstering
Chair, Easy

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

46 1/8 x 33 1/2 x 24 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.3069

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