Figure 12 Turned chair, probably Kingston, Rhode Island, 16801720. Maple, red oak, and ash. H. 39 1/8", W. 21", D. 14 1/2". (Courtesy, Rhode Island School of Design; gift in memory of Mercy Congden Brown by her four grandaughters; photo by Erik Gould.) This chair descended in the Congden or Brown family of South Kingston. www.risd.edu |