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YO1-271-02

Chair, painted fancy (cottage furniture). Crest rail rolled on top, has 2 ogee arches on lower side. Lyre-shaped splat, cabriole legs, cane seat, flat stretcher across front, 2 ordinary stretchers along each side and another in back. Roughly grained and with plain gold painted bands for trim. History: According to donor, ca 1860, from Oregon, Ill.

1860