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Triple-back chair settee, ca. 1785, West Indian satinwood
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Chair

Triple-back chair settee

Maker unknown · ca. 1785

Medium
West Indian satinwood
Dimensions
39 1/4 × 68 3/4 × 26 in. (99.7 × 174.6 × 66 cm)
Accession
29.114.1
Credit line
Fletcher Fund, 1929
Culture
British
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