Photo: Courtesy Little Compton Historical Society, Rhode Island, cat. no. 1996.0105
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Continuous-bow Windsor chair |
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Object numberRIF4755 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions37 1/2 × 18 × 18 in. (95.25 × 45.72 × 45.72 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationLittle Compton Historical Society |
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GeographyMade in Little Compton, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMaple and pine |
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InscriptionsTag formerly attached to bottom of chair reads: "Windsor chair, date 1770, often called the Rhode Island Pattern. (Wallace Netting Furniture Treasury). Owned by four generations of the Daniel Wilbour family. Mrs. Rufus B. Peckham. |
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StyleWindsor, Windsor |
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ProvenanceBy descent in the Daniel Wilbour family, West Road, Little Compton, Rhode Island. Mrs. Rufus B. Peckham, Little Compton; given to the Little Compton Historical Society, Rhode Island |
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Associated namesDaniel Wilbour familyMrs. Rufus B. Peckham |
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BibliographyLittle Compton Historical Society, "Chair," http://littlecompton.pastperfect-online.com/35259cgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=4FC3F043-FDF8-4339-BD2B-162296253386;type=10 (accessed March 19, 2010). |