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Armchair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1868-1899

GUSN

GUSN-8107

Description

White-painted, high-backed in Boston rocker style. Yoke crest supported by round stiles and tapered spindles. Light blue linear highlights. Seat has scrolled quatrefoil with fleur-de-lis at center front. Classical motif on crest of ovoid recess with urn at center.

Details

Descriptive Terms

armchairs
chairs (furniture forms)
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
fleur-de-lis (motifs)
Windsor chairs
crests (motifs)
Painted
Windsor
Boston
Yoked Crest
Turned
Fleur-de-Lis
CHAIR, DINING

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

43.625 x 23.25 x 18.125 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.911

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