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Sack-back Windsor armchair |
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Object numberRIF2194 |
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MakerMaker, possibly by Ebenezer Tracy, American, 17441803 |
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DimensionsHeight: 36 1/2 in. (92.71 cm) seat: 15 1/8 in. (38.418 cm) Width: 24 5/16 in. (61.754 cm) Height, seat: 17 1/4 in. (43.815 cm) |
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Date17951802 |
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Current locationHistoric New England (www.historicnewengland.com), formerly Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities |
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GeographyMade in(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumCottonwood and maple |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceGuido R. Perera (19021999), Boston, Massachusetts; given to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (now Historic New England), Boston, 1972 |
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Associated namesGuido R. Perera |
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ConstructionBow-back Windsor (sack-back). With seven spindles through arm rail doweled into bowed crest. Three half spindles support knuckled carved arms. Broad saddle seat. Legs turned with bulb, ring; long vase and spool terminating with long taper, "H" stretcher with long center swell. Painted black with deep red stain under coat on seat bottom : Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Chairs (New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Henry Francis duPont Winterthur Museum, 1996), 309, fig.6?129. |
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BibliographyNancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Chairs (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996), 309, fig. 6-129. |