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From: Nancy Goyne Evans, "Politics, Enterprise, and Design: The Nature and Influence of Windsor Chairmaking in Early Federal Rhode Island,"American Furniture 1999: 70, fig. 22
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Sack-back Windsor armchair

Object number

RIF741

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 37 1/2 in. (95.25 cm) Width, arms: 24 3/8 in. (61.913 cm) Depth: 12 7/8 in. (32.703 cm)

Date

1790–1800

Current location

Private collection

Geography

Made in Connecticut-Rhode Island border region
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Maple, oak, and other woods

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Windsor

Provenance

Helen Kellogg and Steven Kellogg (born 1941), Stoney Brook, Connecticut, 1999

Bibliography

Nancy Goyne Evans, "Politics, Enterprise, and Design: The Nature and Influence of Windsor Chairmaking in Early Federal Rhode Island," American Furniture (1999): 70, fig. 22.