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Side chair, straight molded front legs; plain stretchers; reeded stiles; three pierced slats with conforming crest rail, carved rounded ears; all painted black, rush seat.
side chairs
ribbon-back chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
birch (wood)
maple (wood)
Chippendale
Chair
Chair
Ribbon back chairs were particularly popular in Essex County, Mass. and Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the late eighteenth century. This is one of a pair that descended in the Lord family and was undoubtedly used at the Lord family's home on Middle Street, now known as the John Paul Jones House
Used At Rundlet-May House,
Unknown
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
40 1/16 x 21 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.597B
New Hampshire (United States)
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