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High Chair, 1690–1710, Soft maple, ash
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Chair · Virginia

High Chair

Maker unknown · Virginia · 1690–1710

The stoutness of the uprights and their elongated baluster turnings suggest that this chair was made in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century. The chair was found in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and may have originated in that area.

— Yale University Art Gallery, catalogue text
Medium
Soft maple, ash
Dimensions
31 x 10 x 10.4 in. (78.7 x 25.4 x 26.5 cm) · max. W 11.1 in. (28.3 cm)
Accession
1930.2450
Credit line
Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

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