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Settee, Windsor

Date1790-1840

OriginAmerica, Mid-Atlantic

MediumTulip poplar, maple, oak, and hickory

DimensionsOH: 38", H (to seat): 17 1/8", OW (of back): 81", W (of seat): 78 1/2", D (of seat): 18 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1939-154

DescriptionWindsor settee has an essentially rectangular back composed of thirty-five vertical, bamboo-turned spindles set into a long, rectangular plank seat, beneath slightly serpentine cresting rail; incised lines carved into outer edges of cresting rail and stiles; slightly shaped arms terminating in scrolls supported by seven bamboo-turned spindles; continuous groove on seat runs around all spindles and arm supports; bamboo-turned legs braced by six lengthwise and three crosswise cylindrical stretchers.

Woods: Seat, tulip; legs, maple; back rail and stretchers, oak; spindles, hickory