Windsor sack-back armchair

1780–1800

Object PlaceSalem or Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueMaple, hickory, oak, pine

DimensionsOverall: 93 x 63.5 x 53.3 cm (36 5/8 x 25 x 21 in.)

Credit LineSamuel Putnam Avery Fund

Accession number1978.389

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ClassificationsFurniture

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InscriptionsSigned "Thomas Ingalls" twice (one only partially visile) In pencil on the underside of the seat.ProvenanceTraditionally belonged to Gen. John Glover (1732-1791). Came into Ingalls family from a family connection with Susannah Glover, who married Nicholas Broughton. Owned by Thomas Ingalls, his son Frank Ingalls, to his wife, and her son by second husband Mr. Charles Porter; 1978, purchased by Museum (Accession Date October 18, 1978)