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From: Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with the Henry Francis duPont Winterthur Museum, 1997), 85, Fig. 1-60.
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Sack-back Windsor armchair

Object number

RIF1724

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height with springs: 36 5/8 in. (93.028 cm) Height of seat: 18 7/8 in. (47.943 cm) Width of arms: 23 3/8 in. (59.373 cm) Width of seat: 20 1/8 in. (51.118 cm) Depth of seat: 15 5/8 in. (39.688 cm)

Date

1785–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Connecticut-Rhode Island border region
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Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Windsor

Provenance

Private collection, 1996

Notes

Springs added 1875-1900

Bibliography

Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997), 85, fig. I-60.