Gothic Revival style painted green with black accenting. Shaped crest rail with Gothic arch motif supported by rear posts with vase turning. Posts enclose four turned spindles and scalloped lower rail with small acorn drops. Wood frame with serpentine front encloses caned seat. Turned front legs terminate in small knobs, and turned front stretcher with case column and central disc elements. Four remaining stretchers are simply turned. Overall slender proportions.
side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
caning
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Chair
Pine
Painted
Caned
Chair
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Unknown
33 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 14 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.447
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