American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Chair · Bowdoinham
Chair Back and Seat
Josephine Given Gorzier · Bowdoinham · ca. 1850–61
Medium
Canvas embroidered with wool, silk threads, and beads
Dimensions
Seat: 29 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (74.9 x 57.2 cm) Back: 41 x 22 7/8 in. (104.1 x 58.1 cm)
Accession
63.33a, b
Credit line
Gift if Miss Margaret Bancroft, 1963
Culture
American
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