Set of Four Bow-Back Windsor Chairs

Furniture

Lincoln County Historical Association

Name/Title

Set of Four Bow-Back Windsor Chairs

Description

Four bow-back "Bamboo Style" Windsor chairs made of white pine, maple and ash. Back with 9 spindles. The legs are doweled through the seats. Single curving groove incised before the stiles and the spindles.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Attribution

William Seaver & Nathaniel Frost

Role

Cabinetmaker

Date made

1799 - 1803

Time Period

late 18th-early 19th centuries

Place

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Notes

Seaver & Frost worked in partnership in Boston from 1799 until 1803 at the "Sign of the Golden Chair" on State Street. James E. Seaver (1787;-1827). See Nancy Goyne Evans, "Windsor Furniture Making in Boston", in "Boston Furniture 1700-1900", Colonial Society of Massachusetts, vol. 88, pp. 180-193.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

In white in broad script: "H Emory" on the underside of the seats of 2016.2 A, B, & D

Transcription

"H Emory"

Notes

None of the chairs exhibits a maker's brand.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

95.7 cm

Width

43.3 cm

Depth

43 cm

Dimension Notes

Width and Depth measure the seat. Height of the seat from the floor: 44.5 cm

Material

White Pine, Wood (maple), Wood (Ash)

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

Chairs presumably stripped of paint.

Research Notes

Notes

N. Goyne Evans, "Windsor Furniture Making in Boston" Boston Furniture 1700-1900, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, vol. 88, pp. 180-193.