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Culture:American
Title:side chair
Date Made:1820-1830
Type:Furniture
Materials:wood: maple, pine, basswood; paint, chalk
Place Made:United States; western Massachusetts
Measurements:overall: 32 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.
Accession Number:  HD 69.0560.5
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
One of a set of seven chairs (six fancy side chairs and one rocking chair) covered with an ochre ground with decoration in black, red, and green. Mrs. Henry King Hoyt of Deerfield (born Catherine Wells, 1805-1891) gave many old family pieces such as these side chairs to Miss C. Alice Baker (1833-1909). The underside of the seats are marked "JB" in chalk. The wood of the seat has been examined with microanalysis and is basswood.

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