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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 40.6cm (37 3/4 x 16 x 16in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously and Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1976.776
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
InscriptionsIn chalk on underside of seat: "C. Corey."
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)