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Chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1760-1790

GUSN

GUSN-45421

Description

Side chair. Black walnut with pine secondary wood, upholstery. Yoke-shaped crest, upturned carved ears, pierced splat. H and rear block-and-baluster-turned stretchers. Rests on cabriole legs with pad feet on thick disks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chairs (furniture forms)
carving (processes)
piercing
pine (wood)
turning (shaping process)
textiles
upholstering
Chippendale
pine (wood)
Pine
Turned
Carved
Pierced
Chippendale
Upholstered
Unidentified Textile
CHAIR

Inscription

Crayon: Griswold (Twentieth-century inscription by owner of Pratt House.)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

37 5/8 x 22 1/2 x 16 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1952.169

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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