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Pair of Windsor Chairs

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

ca. 1810

GUSN

GUSN-172766

Description

Pair of black painted Windsor chairs with unpainted mahogany arms. Bamboo shaped spindles. Remnants of gold paint along crest rail. The original location for the chairs was in the Breakfast Room at the Sarah Orne Jewett House in South Berwick, Maine.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Windsor chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
mahogany (wood)
paint (coating)
Windsor chairs
Chair

Additional Identification Number

17.6

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

34 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 17 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Accession Number

2009.9.6

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