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.
