Figure 10 Side chair, Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1740-1770. Maple; remnants of original black paint. H. 40", W. 19 3/4", D. 14". (Courtesy, Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund.) This chair is from a set of at least five originally owned by Dr. Ezekiel Porter (1706-1775) of Wethersfield. A very similar set descended in the Buck family of Wethersfield. |