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Comb-Back Windsor Armchair, 1760–1800, Maple (legs, stretchers, and arm supports), yellow poplar (seat), and ash (crest rail…
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Chair · New England

Comb-Back Windsor Armchair

Maker unknown · New England · 1760–1800

Medium
Maple (legs, stretchers, and arm supports), yellow poplar (seat), and ash (crest rail, spindles, and arms)
Dimensions
36.4 x 22.9 x 15 in. (92.4 x 58.1 x 38.1 cm)
Accession
1933.17a
Credit line
Gift of Sara Bigelow Reid
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Philadelphia · 1790-1798
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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ca. 1770
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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United States · 1800–25
Art Institute of Chicago

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