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From: Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with the Henry Francis duPont Winterthur Museum, 1997), 156, fig. 2-28
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Continuous-bow Windsor high chair

Object number

RIF3977

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 36 3/4 in. (93.345 cm) Height of seat: 21 7/8 in. (55.563 cm) Width of seat: 13 3/4 in. (34.925 cm) Depth of seat: 10 in. (25.4 cm) Width of arms: 14 1/2 in. (36.83 cm)

Date

1790–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Connecticut-Rhode Island border region
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Windsor, Windsor

Provenance

Private collection, 1997

Construction

According to Nancy Goyne Evans, the footrest is not original.

Bibliography

Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997), 156, fig. 2-28.