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Photo: Courtesy Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Del., 1965.1307
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Child's high-back Windsor settee

Object number

RIF3981

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 28 3/8 in. (72.073 cm) Height of seat: 10 1/8 in. (25.718 cm) Width of arms: 31 1/4 in. (79.375 cm) Depth of seat: 9 7/8 in. (25.083 cm) Width of crest: 28 1/4 in. (71.755 cm) Width of seat: 28 1/4 in. (71.755 cm)

Date

1790–1805

Current location

Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library

Geography

Made in Connecticut, Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Basswood (seat), maple, and hickory

Provenance

Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Delaware, 1965

Bibliography

Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997), 171, fig. 2-48.