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Set of fourteen side chairs, Thomas Chippendale|Robert Adam, ca. 1772, Mahogany, covered in modern red morocco leather

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Chair

Set of fourteen side chairs

Thomas Chippendale|Robert Adam · ca. 1772

Medium: Mahogany, covered in modern red morocco leather
Dimensions: Overall (each): 38 1/4 × 22 × 22 1/2 in. (97.2 × 55.9 × 57.2 cm)
Accession: 1996.426.1–.14
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace and The Annenberg Foundation Gifts, Gift of Irwin Untermyer and Fletcher Fund, by exchange, Bruce Dayton Gift, and funds from various donors, 1996
Culture: British

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