Side chair, banister-back

DateEarly 20th century

MediumMaple, hickory, and rush

DimensionsOH: 41 3/4"; OW: 18 1/2"; OD: 17 3/4"; SD: 14"

Credit LineBequest of Grace Hartshorn Westerfield

Object number1974-218

DescriptionAppearance: Turned side chair with inverted-arch crest rail and banister back; four molded banisters; stiles with columnar, urn and ball decoration; plain banister rail; front legs decorated with two ball turnings; topped with a small bead, and terminating with ball feet; front stretchers with sausage turnings; side and rear stretchers plain; rush seat recently painted.

Construction: Maples stiles and banisters, hickory stretchers; all joints use round tenons and mortises with exception of banisters, crest and banister rail joints which use squared joints; crest rail pinned to stiles, pins reset and filled; banisters tenoned into crest and banister rail; two stretchers on each side and front, one positioned low at rear.