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Armchair

Date1690-1710

OriginAmerica, Massachusetts, Boston

MediumBirch (by micro id) and oak

DimensionsOH: 50 5/8" OH: seat: 17 1/2" OW seat: 23 1/4 " OW: arms: 25 1/8" OD seat: 16 7/8"

Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. Miodrag R. Blagojevich

Object number1976-431

DescriptionFlat crest rail; angled stiles, blocked and turned above the seat rail; blocked and turned front posts; straight, trapezoidal seat frame; down swept arms terminating in carved volutes; plain side and rear stretchers; turned front stretcher; originally upholstered in leather on the seat and back with double rows of brass nails; mortise-and-tenon construction, some joints pinned; arms tenoned into stiles and wedged from above.

Maple stiles, front legs, crest rail, stay rail, left splat stile, side and rear seat rails, and stretchers; oak front seat rail and right splat stile.
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