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Low-back Windsor writing-arm chair
about 1780–1800 with later writing-arm
Object Place: Probably Coastal, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
White pine, probably maple, probably ash (by eye)
Dimensions
Overall: 73 x 89.5 x 81.9 cm (28 3/4 x 35 1/4 x 32 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frances Weeks Lawrence in memory of her Father, Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) and his Forebears
Accession Number1988.466
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsTableware
InscriptionsEngraved brass plaque attached to the underside of the seat which reads: "Clapp or Bacon / Earl Clapp 1741-1836 / Bethiah Clapp (Bacon) 1778-1865 / Mary Helen Fowler (Weeks) 1823-1897 / John Wingate Weeks 1860-1926 / Sinclair Weeks 1893- ".
ProvenanceHas a long history of family descent as documented in an engraved brass plaque attached to the underside of the seat which reads: "Clapp or Bacon / Earl Clapp 1741-1836 / Bethiah Clapp (Bacon) 1778-1865 / Mary Helen Fowler (Weeks) 1823-1897 / John Wingate Weeks 1860-1926 / Sinclair Weeks 1893- ". Sinclair Weeks died in 1972; by descent in the family; 1988, gift of Frances Weeks Lawrence in Memory of her Father, Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) and his Forebears (Accession Date October 26, 1988).