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Roundabout chair

Object number

RIF2369

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1750–85

Current location

Private Collection

Geography

Made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); pine (supports for the seat frame)

Inscriptions

"Greenwood" inscribed on a paper label with red borders glued to the underside of a seat rail

Provenance

Private collection

Notes

Although chairs of this type have been attributed to Rhode Island in the past, they were probably made in Massachusetts. The arm supports with cone-shaped ends and the stretchers with elongated ogee shapes at the junction with the legs are like those on a corner chair at Winterthur with a well documented history in Massachusetts (RIF2695). The arms also lack the distinctive pointed peeks behind the hand holds that are a feature of Rhode Island chairs of this type (RIF2859).

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