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Easy Chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1880-1910

GUSN

GUSN-58844

Description

Upholstered easy chair with curved arms and wings, and inlaid conch shell on the crest.

Details

Descriptive Terms

easy chairs
mahogany (wood)
pine (wood)
Colonial Revival
Chair
Armchair
Chair, Easy
Chair, Easy

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

44 x 24 x 15 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.2322

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