Armchair [A], cane back and seat with natural finish. Carved crest and front serpentine seat rail. Partially upholstered arms. Shaped flat seat cushion [B] made by Dorothy Codman. Blue and white toile of a woman on a swing, 1890s reprint of a 1780 Jean Baptiste Huet design "L'escarpolette" (The Swing).
armchairs
beech (wood)
cane (plant material)
toile (textile material)
Chair
"Paine Furniture Co./Boston, Mass." (Painted metal label)
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Paine Furniture Company (Retailer)
37 1/8 x 24 3/8 x 26 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.1232.2AB
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
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