Chair, Side

Early side chair with splint seat, Union Village, OH

1820-1825

Object ID:
1965.15125.1
Community:
Ohio, Union Village
Description

Side chair with posts and four back slats of maple; stretchers (including seat stretchers) of hickory, and a hickory splint seat. Back slots are notched near ends of top edge. Originally painted red-orange.

Notes

Chair from Old Bethany Hall, Otterbein Home (later owners of the Union Village site), built in 1819.

Ohio Union Village

Ohio Union Village

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