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Child's square-back Windsor side chair

Object number

RIF2242

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 22 1/4 in. (56.515 cm) seat: 9 3/4 × 12 3/8 × 11 in. (24.765 × 31.433 × 27.94 cm) Width, crest: 12 3/8 in. (31.433 cm)

Date

1802–5

Current location

The Rhode Island Historical Society

Geography

Probably made in Providence, Rhode Island
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Medium

Pine and ash

Inscriptions

Brand: "CRAPO" (owner)

Style

Windsor

Provenance

Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence

Associated names

Philip Crapo

Bibliography

Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Chairs (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996), 420, fig. 7-2.
Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 131, fig. 15.