Hoop Back Windsor Armchair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1785-1805

GUSN

GUSN-50595

Description

A hoop back chair with ten tapered spindles and shaped handholds, and an oval seat with a gentle peak at the front. It has splayed vase and reel turned arm supports, and stretchers with bulbous centers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sack-back Windsor chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
ash (wood)
Norway spruce (wood)
Windsor chairs
Pine
Ash
Windsor
CHAIR

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

35 x 25.5 x 14.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.25

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