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Sleepy Hollow chairs

Scope note

Upholstered armchairs, often with a button-tufted back, having a single piece forming a high sloping back and a concave seat; of a type made in America in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000164655

Broader Terms used

<chairs by form>

Term used for

chairs, Sleepy Hollow

Equivalent Terms used

Sleepy Hollow chair

Created

13yrs ago

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