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Photo: Courtesy Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Del., 1965.3027
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Sack-back Windsor armchair

Object number

RIF1238

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 41 3/4 in. (106.045 cm) Width, arms: 24 1/2 in. (62.23 cm) Depth, seat: 16 1/2 in. (41.91 cm)

Date

1790–1800

Current location

Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library

Geography

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

Medium

White pine (seat); maple and oak

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Windsor

Provenance

Winterthur Museum, Delaware, 1965

Bibliography

Nancy Goyne Evans, "Identifying and Understanding Repairs and Structural Problems in Windsor Furniture," American Furniture (1994): 7, fig. 6.
Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Chairs (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996), 310, fig. 6-132.