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From: Evans, Nancy Goyne. American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms, New York: Hudson Hills Press, in assoc. with The Henry Frances duPont Winterthur Museum, 1997, 42, Fig. 1-10.
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Writing-arm Windsor chair

Object number

RIF666

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 43 1/4 in. (109.855 cm) Height, seat: 18 in. (45.72 cm) Width, crest: 23 in. (58.42 cm) Width, seat: 26 1/4 in. (66.675 cm) Depth, seat: 16 1/4 in. (41.275 cm) Depth, leaf: 22 7/8 in. (58.103 cm) Depth, leaf: 17 3/4 in. (45.085 cm) Depth, seat: 16 1/4 in. (41.275 cm)

Date

1800–1808

Current location

University of Rhode Island

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

White pine (seat); maple, oak, and other woods

Inscriptions

"W Magoun / II" , an owner's name, incised on underside of seat

Provenance

W. Magoun. Watson House, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, by 1996

Associated names

W. Magoun

Bibliography

Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997), 42, fig. 1–10.