Windsor armchair

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Windsor armchair

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Windsor armchair
1794
28.25 x 20.25 x 15.25 in.
Mahogany windsor armchair; scoop seat with chamfered lower front edge; black varnish, probably not original.
Gouged beneath seat: "NAT Dominy/makr 101/ Novr 11t 1794/ W R"
Descended in the Dering family. According to tradition, Nathaniel Dominy V made a set of nine similar chairs for Captain William J. Rysam (1737–1809) Sag Harbor.
1970.29.2
Gift of Edward Dering