Description:
Rural mixed-style wooden armchair, with a rush seat, covered with crackled red and black paint, which was originally grained. After the Queen Anne vase-shaped backs were introduced into the colonies in the 1720s, they were often combined with the older William and Mary rush-seated, block-and-vase turned bases that were popular on banister back chairs. This mixed style was popular through the eighteenth century; the key to their dating is based on their base turnings. There are acorn finials over the turned back posts; plain, curved crest rail over a broad vase-shaped splat; plain, slightly curved arms ending in molded hand grips; turned supports under the arms; and ball and ring turnings on the front posts ending in ball feet. There are two flattened ball turned front stretchers, and four plain turned side stretchers and one back stretcher. The rear legs taper in at the floor.
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