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Shaped tablet-top Windsor armchair

about 1800–1820
Object PlaceNew England, probably Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniquePine, hickory, ash (by eye)
DimensionsOverall: 95.3 x 48.3 x 49.5 cm (37 1/2 x 19 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number65.267
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ClassificationsFurniture
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InscriptionsBrass plate on back of crest rail reads: "This chair belonged to / Samuel and Jane Norton / of Hingham / married March 1st 1773"
ProvenanceBy tradition, owned by Samuel and Jane Norton of Hingham, Massachusetts, married on March 1, 1773; by descent in the family; 1965, bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson (Mary Stacy) Holmes (Accession Date March 10, 1965); October 25, 2012, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.