American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Chair
Ladder back chair
Maker unknown · ca. 1760–70
Medium
Mahogany
Dimensions
37 1/2 × 23 × 19 1/2 in. (95.3 × 58.4 × 49.5 cm)
Accession
10.125.300
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
Culture
possibly British
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