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Brace-back Windsor armchair (one of a pair)

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

Medium/Technique Painted pine and maple, mahogany arms
Dimensions Mount: 99.1 x 50.8 x 51.4 cm (39 x 20 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously and Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1976.819
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurnitureSeating and beds

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)