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Sheraton style side chair. Painted white. Curved round stiles with domed finial. Three pierced ribbon-back slats. Caned seat has outward curving sides. Front legs are round with double ring turning at top. Double side and rear stretchers are round while front stretcher is base and ring turned.
side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
cane (plant material)
painting (coating)
piercing
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Sheraton
Cane
Painted
Pierced
Turned
Sheraton
CHAIR
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
35.5 x 18.25 x 15.875 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.898.2
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