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Four chair-back settee
Spanish Colonial
1780-1820
Object Place: Probably Sucre, Bolivia
Medium/Technique
Spanish cedar (Cedrela odorata)
Dimensions
127.63 x 227.96 x 48.26 cm (50 1/4 x 89 3/4 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert D. and Nancy Hemenway Barton
Accession Number1997.43
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
DescriptionLarge settee with five cabriole legs ending in pad feet at front and five straight rear legs; shaped front and side skirts; slip seat with modern needlework; four pierced inverted vase-shaped splats and curvilinear stiles; scrolled arms with shaped supports; shell-carved pierced crest rails with oval openings at center; browninsh paint throughout.
ProvenanceAcquired from the Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia, by the donors in 1966; given to the Museum in 1997.