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Shield-back chairs

Scope note

Chair designs made fashionable in the 1780s by George Hepplewhite. The rail and stile form the shape of a shield. BEARD

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300037998

Broader Terms used

<chairs by form: back form>

Narrower Terms used

bar-back chairs

Equivalent Terms used

shield-back chair

Created

12yrs ago

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