Chair, Side

Child's Windsor back side chair, Canterbury, NH

Object ID:
1954.6940.1
Community:
New Hampshire, Canterbury
Description

Plank-seat Windsor chair with thumb-back, steam-bent birch posts, four steam-bent birch back spindles, a steam-bent maple crest rail and four birch legs with birch stretchers. Four stretchers, one in the front and back, and on the sides. White pine seat, shape reminiscent of low-back Windsor dining chairs from Canterbury, New Hampshire. Legs taper slightly at top and bottom. Traces of yellow painted indicate the chair was originally painted yellow and varnished over.

New Hampshire Canterbury

New Hampshire Canterbury

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