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Glastonbury chairs

Scope note

Use for early 17th-century English folding chairs having legs crossed front to back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail; design supposedly based on a chair used by the last Abbot of Glastonbury at Wells Cathedral and term derived from collectors' use.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300037913

Broader Terms used

<folding chairs>

Equivalent Terms used

Glastonbury chair

Created

13yrs ago

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