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Chair with rush seat

Artist Western Massachusetts (American)
Datelate 17th century
Mediumwood
DimensionsOverall (site) 46 × 15 × 17 in. (116.8 × 38.1 × 43.2 cm)
Classification(s)
  • DEC ARTS
Credit LineGift of Zenas Marshall Crane
Terms
  • chair
Object number1875.1
Inscribedverso on plaque: THIS CHAIR/ WAS BROUGHT FROM NORWICH ENGLAND/ IN 1638 BY ROBERT WILLIAMS/ WHO SETTLED IN ROXBURY MASS/ AND DIED IN HATFIELD IN 1698./ IT WAS GIVEN TO HEZEKIAH PORTER,/ OF DALTON BY DOROTHY WILLIAMS/ PRESENTED TO/ WILLIAMS COLLEGE/ BY/ ZENAS MARSHALL CRANE/ ABOUT 1875
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