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Description:
Mixed-style side chair in maple, which was originally painted black, with a rush seat. 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. The chair has a well-carved, yoked neck crest rail over a vase-shaped back splat and molded, shaped stiles; rush seat; turned front legs ending in simple turned feet; ball and ring turned front stretcher and three plain rectangular side and back stretchers; and rectangular back legs ending in slightly flared, chamfered feet.

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