Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Bow-back Windsor armchairs, set of six
	Object number RIF5367
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions Height, tallest chair: 39 in. (99.06 cm)
	Date 1785–1805
	Current location
	Geography Made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions "SWB," in chalk, on underside of each seat
	Style Windsor
	Provenance A South County, Rhode Island family; consigned to Bill Spice Auctions, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, August 25, 1999; Nathan Liverant and Son, Colchester, Connecticut; the Gaess family; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, September 30, 2010, lot 50; sold to Nathan Liverant and Son, Colchester, Connecticut
	Associated names South County, Rhode Island family Bill Spicer Auctions Nathan Liverant and Son Gaess family Sotheby's Nathan Liverant and Son
	Bibliography Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana: Featuring The Collection of Frank and June Barsalona, sale cat. (September 30, 2010), 45, lot 50, ill. "Property of The Gaess Family, A Very Fine and Rare Set of Six Green-Painted Bow-Back Brace-Back Windsor Upholstered Armchairs, Rhode Island, Circa 1795," http://www.sothebys.com/app/ecatalogue/ecat.do?dispatch=displayImageViewer&lot_id=159618247&showBigPic=Y# (accessed March 14, 2011). Nathan Liverant and Son, "Show section," Maine Antique Digest (February 2011): 25-C, ill.

Bow-back Windsor armchairs, set of six