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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
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 Number1976.777
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurnitureSeating and beds

Marks Stamped "BACON" in rectangle on underside of bottom, paetially obscured
InscriptionsInscribed "8" on bottom.
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)