Photo: Courtesy Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Del., 1958.2428
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Roundabout chair |
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Object numberRIF5039 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions30 1/2 × 27 1/4 × 25 5/8 in. (77.47 × 69.22 × 65.09 cm) |
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Date175080 |
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Current locationWinterthur Museum, Garden, and Library |
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GeographyProbably made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumBlack walnut (primary); red pine (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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Inscriptions"3H23" inscribed in red paint on underside of double-rabbet joint at stretchers' crossing; "2" inscribed in white chalk on front and rear corner blocks. |
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ProvenanceHenry F. duPont (18801969), Winterthur, Delaware; given to the Winterhur Museum and Country Estate, Delaware, 1958 |
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BibliographyNancy E. Richards and Nancy Goyne Evans, New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods (Winterthur, Del.: Winterthur Publications, 1997), 127128, no. 70, ill. |