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1900-1920
GUSN-60871
Three-back settee in the style of the Federal era. Straight, rectangular crest rail. Four turned front legs. Four rectangular tapered legs. Box stretchers. Cotton print upholstery on long, rectangular cushions and small pillows. Composed of old and new parts.
settees
multiple-seating furniture
wood (plant material)
turning (shaping process)
Federal
Settee
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
35 1/2 x 78 1/4 x 19 1/3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.2703
Massachusetts (United States)
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