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Windsor Arm Chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1795-1802

GUSN

GUSN-172093

Description

Bow-back Windsor (sack-back). With seven spindles through arm rail doweled into bowed crest. Three half spindles support knuckled carved arms. Broad saddle seat. Legs turned with bulb, ring; long vase and spool terminating with long taper, "H" stretcher with long center swell. Painted black with deep red stain under coat on seat bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bow-back Windsor chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
maple (wood)
cottonwood (wood)
Chair

Associated Building

Used At Winslow Crocker House (Yarmouth Port, Mass.),

Maker

Possibly Tracy, Ebenezer (Maker)

Location of Origin

CT, Eastern; RI

Dimensions

36 1/2 x 24 5/16 x 15 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Guido R. Perara

Accession Number

1972.269

Reference Notes

in association with the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum

Places

Connecticut (United States)
Rhode Island (United States)
Possibly Connecticut (United States)
Possibly Rhode Island (United States)

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