Description:
One of a set of six Chippendale side chairs with woven rush seats, which combine construction features of high-style Georgian side chairs with upholstered seats and mixed-style chairs with turned frames and rush or splint seats. With seats meant to accommodate a cushion, they delivered a high-style aesthetic impact at a lower cost than their expensively upholstered counterparts. Similar chairs have been found with histories of use in the Deerfield area. The pierced, owl eye splat is mortised into a shaped crest rail, with its rounded center and molded ears, and plain bottom rail above the seat. Mortise and tenon joints secured with single pins connect the plain square front, side and back stretchers to the front and rear legs. The inside edges of all four, plain square legs are chamfered. Bead moldings decorate the outside edges of the front legs, the top outside edges of the front and side stretchers, and the bottom edge of the lower back rail. The front legs, front seat rails and front ends of the side rails appear to be joined with round mortise and tenons into squared blocks. The back ends of the side rails and rear seat rail are joined with round mortises and tenons to the rear leg posts.
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