Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Windsor Armchairs
1838-1845
Daniel Dexter
USA: New York, Jefferson County (probably)
Poplar, paint
overall: 30 x 23 1/2 in.; 76.2 x 59.69 cm
Museum purchase
98.017a-f

Set of six low-back, grain-painted, decorated Windsor style armchairs; chairs are painted barn red with black graining and yellow striping; backs are stenciled in gold with a Masonic square and compasses enclosing the letter "G."; arms and back are supported by eight turned spindles with central ball, flat plank seats, turned front legs with ball-and-ring moldings ending in small barrel-shaped feet, and a front stretcher with bead-and-spool turnings.