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On viewSide Chairs
Dateca. 1725
Terms
- Side Chairs
- Rush
- Ash
- Maple
- Walnut
- United States
Dimensions109.14 × 50.76 × 35.53 cm (42 15/16 × 20 × 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberF900
DescriptionMaple, walnut, ash, rush. One of five "Transition" chairs, William and Mary to Queen Anne. Dutch influence. Backs, vase splats. Slight carving of the top rail. Rush seats and turned bases. Feet are Spanish, front stretchers have Portuguese bulbs.
Tolman Catalog, Tolman Number 17: "Five Chairs [Tolman Numbers 17-21, and F900-904, respectively], rush seats, Dutch backs, Spanish feet, belonged to Mary Prescott, who married John Miles in 1702."
Tolman Catalog, Tolman Number 17: "Five Chairs [Tolman Numbers 17-21, and F900-904, respectively], rush seats, Dutch backs, Spanish feet, belonged to Mary Prescott, who married John Miles in 1702."
Collections
- Furniture
