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From: "Catalog of the Rhode Island Historical Society Furniture Collection," Rhode Island History vol.19, no.1 (January 1960):26–27
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HIgh-back Windsor armchair

Object number

RIF4355

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

44 3/8 × 28 1/4 × 16 7/8 in. (112.713 × 71.755 × 42.863 cm)

Date

1750–70

Current location

The Rhode Island Historical Society

Geography

Made in Pennsylvania
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Style

Windsor, Windsor

Provenance

Moses Brown (1738–1836), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to his granddaughter Avis Lockwood Harris (1802–1892), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to Adeline T. Harris (1831–1906), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to her daughter Mrs. William Allerton Cushman (née Mary E. Harris, 1838–1915), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to her children Franklin R. Cushman (1870–1952), Emily W. Cushman, and Julia D. Cushman, Providence, Rhode Island; gift of Franklin R. Cushman and Julia D. Cushman to the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, 1950

Associated names

Moses Brown
Adeline T. Harris
Avis Lockwood Harris
Mary E. Harris Cushman
Franklin R. Cushman

Bibliography

"Catalog of The Rhode Island Historical Society Furniture Collection," Rhode Island History 19, no. 1 (January 1960): 26–27, no. 61.