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Brace-back Windsor side chair (one of a set of eight)

Henry Bacon (American, active about 1768 to after 1780)
about 1780–1810

Medium/Technique Painted pine, maple, ash, with green over black paint
Dimensions Overall: 95.9 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm (37 3/4 x 16 x 16 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously and Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1976.774
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurnitureSeating and beds

Marks Stamped in rectangle on underside of seat: "BACON"
InscriptionsIn chalk on underside of bottom: "C. Cory"
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)