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Bow-back Windsor armchair

Object number

RIF3490

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height, crest: 39 in. (99.06 cm) Height, seat: 17 1/4 in. (43.815 cm)

Date

1780–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island, Probably made in Providence, Rhode Island
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Provenance

Private collection, Washington, D.C.; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 18–19, 2001, lot 736

Associated names

Sotheby's
Private Collection

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana Including Silver, Prints, Folk Art, Furniture, and Property Formerly in the Estate of Ulysses S. Grant, sale cat. (January 18–19, 2001), 264–65, lot 736, ill.