Side Chairs

Date1770-1790

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Side Chairs
Mahogany
United States

Dimensions91.37 × 50.76 × 45.69 cm (36 × 20 × 18 in.)

Credit LineGift of Miss Roma Newman

Object numberF712

DescriptionMahogany. One of a pair of "ladder-back" Chippendale side chairs, 4 bars at back, overupholstered. Top bar of back is crest rail, into which are mortise & tenoned the back posts....Bars have serpentine shape, each with four pierced slots. Cetnral motif of honeysuckle (?) and crown (?). Bars have carved scrolling on top edges. Ears have carved leafage (acanthus?). Squared seat with serpentine front. Straight, square front legs. Purple upholstery with blue diamonds that have brown, green and pink thistles.

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