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Side Chair, Hercules Courtenay|Benjamin Randolph, ca. 1769, Mahogany, northern white cedar

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Chair · Philadelphia

Side Chair

Hercules Courtenay|Benjamin Randolph · Philadelphia · ca. 1769

Medium: Mahogany, northern white cedar
Dimensions: 37 x 22 1/2 x 23 in. (94 x 57.2 x 58.4 cm)
Accession: 1974.325
Credit line: Purchase, Sansbury-Mills and Rogers Funds, Emily Crane Chadbourne Gift, Virginia Groomes Gift, in memory of Mary W. Groomes, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall P. Blankarn, John Bierwirth and Robert G. Goelet Gifts, The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, by exchange, Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 1974
Culture: American

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