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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Side chair
Date Made:18th century
Type:Furniture
Materials:maple and hickory
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:Height: back 40 in. seat 16 1/4 in. Diam. posts: 1 9/16 in.
Accession Number:  MH SK B.10.A.5.11
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE: Chair. An 18th century "Northern" banister back side chair. Posts and back maple, stretchers hickory. Saddle top rail, straight bottom rail, four flat reeded balusters. Back posts extend above the top rail, ring and long vase turned between rails, very simple spheroidal finials. Front posts ring turned. Two front stretchers long vase turned and show considerable wear. Two side stretchers and single back plain. Seat stretchers tenon into posts. Twisted rush seat not original. Cat. 8/20/1936.

Tags:
furniture; chairs

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