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Black-painted with tapered spindles. Squared seat with rounded corners. Rounded legs swell at center. Dowel front and rear stretchers centered; side stretchers lowered. Yellow gilt highlights on legs, stretchers, seat and spindles. Crest: stenciled with fruit and vine motifs.
side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
gilding
painting (coating)
stenciling
wood (plant material)
fruit
vines
crests (motifs)
Painted
Gilded
Stenciled
Fruit
Vine
Yoked Crest
CHAIR
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
32.125 x 15.5 x 18.313 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.975.3
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