Advanced Search
Requires Photography
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 Number1976.778
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
Marks
Stamped "BACON" in rectangle on underside of seat
InscriptionsInscribed "C. Cory" in chalk on underside of seat
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)