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Windsor Chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1800-1805

GUSN

GUSN-50087

Description

Straight rod back, bamboo turnings, painted black. Windsor chair historian believes the chairs are in the Philadelphia style, though made in New England.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Windsor chairs
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
Chair
Chair, Windsor
Chair, Windsor

Inscription

Painted on seat bottom: N.A. Holden/from/Sarah A. Hill/1871/Aunt Agnes's/Chair

Additional Identification Number

1982.46.10.10

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

34 1/4 x 19 7/8 x 18 1/3 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Eleanor Clarke Bowser

Accession Number

1982.46.10

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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