Chair, Side

Side chair painted red with gray splint seat, South Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1954.6967.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Side chair of maple (at least where wood is visible through multiple paint layers) with a hickory splint seat. Transitional pommels; top slot (of three) pinned in mortise with a wooden peg; stretcher tenons unpinned in their mortises. Joinery is very tight. Painted red over an earlier gray paint. Splint seat has been left with the original gray paint on its top.

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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Shaker Museum Chair, Side. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=668. Accessed on November 26, 2024

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