Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1972.051
- Place of Origin:
- Exeter, NH
- Date:
- 1770-1790
- Description:
- Side Chair. Chippendale style, with serpentine tapered crest rail, tapered and chamfered back stile, mended with original piece. Molded rectangular front legs and four stretchers. Original seat of embroidered flame-stitch.
- Material:
- Wood
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-38.25 W-22.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The chair was owned by Frank M. and Minnie W. Cilley of Exeter, NH. Frank M. Cilley (1866-1958) was the great-great-grandson of Gen. Joseph and Sarah Longfellow Cilley of Nottingham, NH. The chair was on loan at the Exeter Historical Society from 1964 to 1972, when it was recalled by Minnie W. Cilley and sold to the Village Trader, Wells River, VT.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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