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Description:
Queen Anne easy chair, probably made in eastern Massachusetts, with green and cream damask weave silk reproduction upholstery. The chair has turned rear, side, and medial stretchers, cabriole legs in front, and rear legs that flare out with chamfering on all four sides. These were often the most comfortable chairs in the house, often reserved for invalids, pregnant women, or the elderly. Since the wings captured heat from the fireplace, they were commonly used in bedrooms of the well-to-do. The first American easy chairs appeared during the William and Mary period (1690-1720); the Queen Anne style (1720-1755) was replaced by the Chippendale period (1755-1790), the heyday of American easy chairs.

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