Name/Title
American Renaissance Revival chair of the Browning-Dexter family, c. 1870sEntry/Object ID
1994.37.1Description
Acc. No. 94.37.1
Subject Category: Furniture
Date or Period: C. 1870’s
Object: Chair
Description: American Renaissance Revival style cottage chair, walnut, with ornate incised & scroll sawn splat. Incised carving repeated on curved arms attached to lower back & seat. Hand caned seat. Lathe turned front legs & rungs.
Size: H-36 1/2 Seat depth-18 x W-18 1/2 inches.
History of Object: Cottage chair that originally belonged to Zaruha Browning, of Grand Street (between Santa Clara & Lincoln Avenue). It was subsequently owned by her daughter, Ella B. Dexter (Mrs. Herman F.), mother of the donor's husband, Philip Dexter.
Acquired from:
Sophia Dexter Walsted
Date: 8-25-1994
