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Chair · Portsmouth
Banister-back armchair
Maker unknown · Portsmouth · 1720–40
Medium
Hard maple, soft maple, ash
Dimensions
44 1/2 x 23 x 22 1/2 in. (113 x 58.4 x 57.2 cm)
Accession
10.125.219
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
Culture
American
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