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Side Chair, ca. 1795, Mahogany; right seat rail, birch; rear seat rail, hard maple; open braces, mahogany and hard maple

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Chair · Rhode Island

Side Chair

Maker unknown · Rhode Island · ca. 1795

Medium: Mahogany; right seat rail, birch; rear seat rail, hard maple; open braces, mahogany and hard maple
Dimensions: 38 x 14.6 x 18.2 in. (96.4 x 37 x 46.2 cm) · max. W 20.4 in. (51.9 cm)
Accession: 1963.12
Credit line: Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

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