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Component, Chair

Object Name:
Component, Chair
Object ID:
1967.032.084.1 - .8
Place of Origin:
Enfield, NH
Date:
1775-1800
Description:
Buttons, tipping. Eight identical half balls for Shaker chair legs. Wood, hemispherical, with holes in centers. Two finished with fragments of red paint and leather thongs; six unfinished, no thongs. Used for tilting chairs. Late 18th century.
Material:
Wood
Leather
Dimensions:
H-0.6 Dia-0.9 inches
Provenance:
Part of collection of Rock and Millen families of Lebanon, NH.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
Subjects:
Shakers
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