Word: cushions
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Phillips Brooks House has just received as a gift from Mrs. John Cotton Brooks the working desk and chair of Phillips Brooks. The desk is an unusually large flat top oak desk and the chair is a revolving chair with a leather cushion and rattan back. The desk is to be marked with a plate bearing an inscription which will be written by Professor G. H. Palmer '64. For the present at least, both pieces of furniture will be placed in the Parlor of the Phillips Brooks House...
...quartered oak stained to match the other furniture in the Living Room. The arms and legs are to be handsomely carved and finished with a touch of dull gold. Under the seat there will be decorations of scroll work, and on the seat itself a heavy tufted crimson cushion. The back of the chair will be high with ornamental carvings and embossed work; near the top the words "Ex Dono Class of 1903" are to be inscribed. Resting on the top of the back will be scroll work supporting the shield of the Union in colors...