This chair is inscribed with four chisel marks on the slip seat frame, which identifies it as part of a larger set. Three identical chairs from a second set are in the collection of Historic Deerfield, and were owned by the Williams family of Deerfield in the late 18th century (Philip Zea, "The Emergence of Neoclassical Furniture Making in Rural Western Massachusetts," Antiques, (December, 1992), pp.
842-851). For a fifth chair, see Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, vol. II, (New York, 1948), fig. 2259.