Armchair, ladderback

Date1740-1790

OriginAmerica, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley

MediumMaple, hickory, and rush

DimensionsOH: 37"; H to seat: 15 1/4"; OW: 21 1/3"; OD: 16 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1953-565

DescriptionLadderback armchair; pair of cylindrical rear posts topped by flattened ball finials; back composed of three arched, slightly bowed, graduated splats, mortised between posts; front posts, baluster-turned above seat, cylindrical below; slightly, S-shaped arms, flat on top, tapering to point at front; below arms, a sausage-turned member is doweled between front and rear posts, and a pair of small, vertical, sausage-turned spindles are doweled between arms and horizontal member; trapezoidal rush seat; baluster and ring - turned front stretcher; cylindrical side and rear stretchers, two on each side, one at rear.

Woods: Primary: maple; Secondary: Hickory stretchers and seat frame
MarkingsNone