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Description
Antique upholstered wooden chair. The chair is severely damaged; part of its seat is completely burned.
Historical Notes
The collapse of the South Tower shattered the windows of the 10th-floor Battery Park City home of the Gupta family, filling it with dust and debris. Flames singed an antique chair, one of a set that had been a wedding gift to the Guptas years earlier. Despite its condition and the reminder it provoked of the event’s violence, the couple saved the chair as a memento of the day and of their prolonged efforts to return home.
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  • Accession Number: C.2008.924.1
  • Dimensions: 38.25 in X 19.25 in X 21 in
  • Dimensions (Metric): 97.155 cm X 48.895 cm X 53.34 cm
  • Source: Kathleen and Udayan Gupta
  • Credit Line: Gift of Kathleen and Udayan and Arun Gupta
Keywords
Lower Manhattan Residents
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