Child’s 3-slat side chair

1840-1890

Measurements

28-5/8 in x 15-1/8 in x 13-1/2 in

Materials

Maple, ash (stretchers, splint seat)

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3723

Condition Notes

The right rear post split and is now secured with four nails; two nail heads show in the front and two in the back.  The chair wracks.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

he small turned side chair has a splint seat and boxed stretchers.  The three arched slats with undercut arches are of graduated sizes.  Each slat is secured with two pegs.  All four posts taper slightly.  The turnings at the tops of the front legs are a thick ring over a reel, which inverts the usual baluster shape in this place.  The four legs end in ball-like feet with a scribe line around the widest diameter.