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Slightly raked frontal ring turned legs on ball feet enclose turned foot rests. Saddle-shaped seat. Painted gold with gilt and black string decoration. Flattened arms curving downward form single arm support.
dining chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
chamfering
gilding
painting (coating)
rush (material)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
rush (material)
Rush
Painted
Turned
Chamfered
Gilded
CHAIR, DINING
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
34 x 22.25 x 21 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.890.1
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