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From: Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Chairs (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996), 423, fig. 7-4
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Slat-back Windsor armchairs, pair

Object number

RIF2243

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 33 13/16 in. (85.884 cm) seat: 17 5/8 × 18 1/16 × 15 3/4 in. (44.768 × 45.879 × 40.005 cm) Width, crest: 18 1/16 in. (45.879 cm) Width, arms: 18 5/8 in. (47.308 cm)

Date

1820–30

Current location

Private Collection

Geography

Probably made in Providence, Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple and other woods

Marks

None

Inscriptions

"R. Sarle," an owner's brand, on underside of seat

Provenance

Mrs. and Mrs. John A. McGuire, 1996

Associated names

R. Sarle

Bibliography

Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Chairs (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996), 423, fig. 7-4.
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), 134n50.