Comb-Back Windsor Armchair Maker: Unknown

1760–1800

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Maple (legs, stretchers, and arm supports), yellow poplar (seat), and ash (crest rail, spindles, and arms)

Dimensions

36 3/8 × 22 7/8 × 15 in. (92.39 × 58.1 × 38.1 cm)
other (Seat height): 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Sara Bigelow Reid

Accession Number

1933.17a

Geography

Made in New England

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
According to family history, purchased by Jared Reid, Jr., about 1844 for his Yale College residence; by inheritance to Sarah Bigelow Reid, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1886-1933, by gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976), 203, no. 183, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

high-back Windsor chairs

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