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Scrolled arms

Scope note

Furniture arms in which the support rises from the seat rail curving first toward the front and then toward the back, and leveling out for the armrest. Used in the Queen Anne and Early Georgian periods. TOMLIN

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300040246

Broader Terms used

<arms by form>

Equivalent Terms used

scrolled arm

Created

13yrs ago

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