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One of a pair of side chairs featuring swan neck back splats and striped cushions.
Side Chair
One of a pair of side chairs featuring swan neck back splats and striped cushions.
One of a pair of side chairs featuring swan neck back splats and striped cushions.
Side Chair, unknown maker, 1800 - 1850, wood and fabric, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Side Chair

Date1800 - 1850
Mediumwood and fabric
Dimensions34 3/16 × 14 1/8 × 16 3/8 inches (86.8 × 35.9 × 41.6 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Historic Savannah Foundation.
Object number1991.5.8
On View
Not on view
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