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Great Chairs

Date1690-1700
Terms
  • Great Chairs
  • Cane
  • Beech
  • London
Dimensions142.13 × 63.45 × 65.99 cm (55 15/16 × 25 × 26 in.)
MarkingsOn back of front stretcher are the remains of a paper label, totally illegible.
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberF710
DescriptionEuropean beech, cane. William and Mary Style, high-backed, caned arm chair. Crest pierced and carved in variation of Flemish scroll with foliage. Legs heavily carved with contoured scrolls, and turned at top with ball feet. Arm supports turned in columnar form, contoured and curved with scrolled "ram's head" hand rests.
Collections
  • Furniture
Couch Beds
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ca. 1680
Object number: 2005.33
Allen Chair Company
1920 - 1940
High Chests
Object number: F2535
Joseph Hosmer
ca. 1770
Object number: F1402
ca. 1810-1820
Object number: 1996.11
Allen Chair Company
1910 - 1930
Object number: F107
1760-1880