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Slat-back highchair

Object number

RIF4754

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 33 × 14 1/2 × 12 in. (83.82 × 36.83 × 30.48 cm)

Date

1840–60

Current location

Little Compton Historical Society

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple, ash and pine (seat)

Style

vernacular style

Provenance

Carleton C. Brownell, Little Compton, Rhode Island; given to the Little Compton Historical Society, Rhode Island, 2001

Associated names

Carlton Coggeshall Brownell

Bibliography

Little Compton Historical Society, "Highchair," http://littlecompton.pastperfect-online.com/35259cgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=3C113749-62D6-429A-B570-302148725590;type=10 (accessed March 18, 2010).