Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Rhode Island Furniture Archive Click the image to enlarge	Banister-back armchair
	Object number RIF6429
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 39 3/8 � 25 1/4 � 27 1/2 in. (100.01 � 64.14 � 69.85 cm)
	Date 1720–60
	Current location Private collection
	Geography Probably made in Bristol, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Maple and ash (stretchers)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions None
	Style Vernacular
	Provenance Possibly Nelson Miller (1754–1840), Warren and Bristol, Rhode Island; by descent to his son James Miller (1795–1846), Bristol, Rhode Island; by descent to his son Augustus Nelson Miller (1816–1901), Bristol, Rhode Island; by descent to his daughter Mrs. Fielding Lewis Williams (n�e Abby Louisa Miller, 1842–1927), Bristol, Rhode Island; by descent to her daughter Mrs. William Frederick Williams (n�e Mildred Lewis Williams, 1867–1928), Bristol, Rhode Island; by descent to her husband Dr. William Frederick Williams (1859–1931), Bristol, Rhode Island; by descent to his son William Frederick Williams, Jr. (1896–1959), Bristol and Providence, Rhode Island; by descent in his family
	Associated names Nelson Miller James Miller Augustus Nelson Miller Abby Louisa Miller Williams Mildred Lewis Williams Williams Dr. William Frederick Williams William Frederick Williams, Jr.
	Construction The ?sausage?- and ring-turned crest rail is doweled into the turned leg/stiles, as is the merely ?sausage?-turned stay rail. Each rail is prominently scribe-lined, as are the leg/stiles. Tenoned into both rails are four turned split balusters. The molded, incurvate arms are doweled into the leg/stiles, and the turned front legs are doweled into the underside of the arms. The simply turned side and rear stretchers and the ball- and reed-turned front stretchers are doweled into their respective legs. The legs are fitted with later rockers. Examined by P.E. Kane and E. Litke, July 20, 2017; notes compiled by T.B. Lloyd.
	See also RIF6430