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Group shot: 1976.776, 1976.779, 1976.819
Brace-back Windsor armchair (one of a pair)
Group shot: 1976.776, 1976.779, 1976.819

Brace-back Windsor armchair (one of a pair)

Henry Bacon (American, active about 1768 to after 1780)
about 1780–1810
Object Place for LabelProvidence, Rhode Island, United States
Medium/TechniquePainted pine and maple, mahogany arms
DimensionsMount: 99.1 x 50.8 x 51.4 cm (39 x 20 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated anonymously and Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1976.819
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceScott, Corey, and Richmond families of East Providence, Rhode Island; October 6, 1976, Gustav J.S. White, Inc., Auction of Important Antiques, to John Walton, Connecticut; 1976, sold by Walton to the MFA. (Accession date December 8, 1976)