Cover, Chair Seat
Woven seat cover, Mount Lebanon, NY
19th century
Description
Shaker plush - woven on a land loom and sliced with a knife to create the pile. Center panel is an alternating colored stripe detail: dark blue, light blue, red and blue / gold and green. An all green (faded to gold) boarder/edge is sewn on. Corners of striped center are cut-away to accommodative chair posts. The border edge is slit at corner. Beige velvet sewn on underside to close post holes.