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Library step-chair
Library step-chair

Library step-chair

Augustus Eliaers (American, active 1849–1865)
about 1854–60
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueOak, brass; original oil cloth upholstery
DimensionsOverall: 101.6 x 64.8 x 86.4 cm (40 x 25 1/2 x 34 in.)
Credit LineH. E. Bolles Fund
Accession number1976.762
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceBy tradition, owned originally by the artist Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), Boston and New Hampshire, and descended in his family; 1976, Museum purchase from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Champney, Bedford, Mass. (Accession Date: November 18, 1976).
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