Name/Title
Brace-back Windsor ChairEntry/Object ID
95.3Description
Baluster-turned, hoop-back, brace-back Windsor chair, from Connecticut or Rhode Island. Made of hickory, ash, and white pine.
This traditional braced hoop-back form has seven primary spindles and two additional bracing spindles. The one-board seat has a pommel at the front, a carved gutter at the rear, and a pan-handle extension that supports the two braces. The seat is supported by four baluster-turned legs connected by an H-stretcher composed of simple turned members that swell at the centers.
The legs have been cut down approximately 1 1/2". The crest bow is broken and repaired with sheet metal.Dimensions
Width
16 inDepth
19 inLength
33-1/2 inProvenance
Notes
This is one of two Windsor chairs formerly in the collection of the Edgar Allen Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia.
The Poe Museum's director at the time, James Ferqueron, expressed his interest in liquidating furniture irrelevant to their collection and offered to sell these Windsor chairs to Dr. Bruce English. In March 1995, Dr. and Mrs. English donated the chairs to PHMF.