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1940-143, Side Chair
Side Chair, Ladder-Back
1940-143, Side Chair

Side Chair, Ladder-Back

Date1775-1825
OriginAmerica, Virginia (probably)
MediumMaple, oak seat lists and splint seat
DimensionsOH: 34" H(seat); 14 1/2"; OD: 14 5/8"; OW: 17 1 /2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1940-143
DescriptionSide chair, ladder-back has plain turned posts, decorated with flattened rings between the slats; rear posts have round, filleted shoulder leading to a narrow neck accented in the center with a raised disk, and terminating in a flattened ball finial with a single incised line around the center; front posts with flattened rings turned between stretchers; all four leg posts are slightly indented at the bottom to form cylindrical feet; graduated slats with an angular chamfer along the top edge; plain turned stretchers; half-round/half-tapered lists that show evidence of the use of an earlier rush seat prior to the current splint seat.

Construction of stretchers and lists use post-and-hole joinery; slats are mortised into leg posts; upper slat is through- pinned with square pins (old, in not original).
MarkingsNone found