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Unknown Maker, American

Windsor Armchair

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, American

Culture

American

Title

Windsor Armchair

Year

1780-1800

Medium

  • oak,
  • ash or hickory,
  • maple,
  • and poplar

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • oak,
  • ash or hickory,
  • Maple,
  • and poplar

Materials

ash (wood), tulipwood, hickory, maple, oak

Geography

Place Made: probably; Place Made: Connecticut

Dimensions

102.9 x 55.9 x 48.3 cm (40 1/2 x 22 x 19 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

31.427

Type

  • Furniture

Projects & Publications

Publications

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A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

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American Furniture In Pendleton House

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Sebastian Ruth
Witnessing
Sep 13, 2019 – Nov 28, 2020
Making It In America
Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

Colonial furniture makers appropriated the basic form of the Windsor chair from English designs and developed an American classic. Similar to the Elastic chair on the left, this Windsor chair utilizes bentwood technology, noticeable in the dramatically curved back which seamlessly becomes the delicate arms. The green painted finish covers and unifies the numerous woods used in the chair’s construction and underscores its versatility both indoors and out. This chair communicates the duality of traditional form with progressive design, challenging industry and material properties with bentwood technology.

Sixteen Chairs
Jan 13, 1973 – Mar 04, 1973

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, American
Windsor Armchair, 1780-1800
Oak, ash or hickory, maple, and poplar
102.9 x 55.9 x 48.3 cm (40 1/2 x 22 x 19 inches)
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 31.427

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