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of elegant proportions, the seat frame of standard mitre, mortise and tenon construction with exposed tenons on the short sides and supported by three transverse braces, mortised and tennoned into the long members of the frame, two additional braces mortised and tennoned into the short frame members and the transverse braces at each end for further support, drilled for soft seat (restored with coconut webbing and old mat seat), the edge of the frame completely flat above flat aprons mitred, mortise and tennoned into and half-lapped onto the straight legs ending in low hoof feet, rectangular stretchers mortised and tennoned into the top of the legs behind the aprons for further support, the back and arms made of a single piece of wood with breadboard ends and finishing in a graceful outward curve at the top