Fan-back Windsor side chair

1790-1810

Measurements

35 in x 22-3/8 in x 20 in

Materials

Tulip poplar* (seat), white oak* (comb or crest), hickory* (spindles and medial stretcher), maple* (stiles, legs, and side stretchers)

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3789

Condition Notes

The seat split along the grain and has been reglued.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

The fan-back Windsor side chair has a shield-shaped seat, a back of seven spindles between the rear posts, a serpentine-shaped crest rail with projecting ears, and widely-splayed bamboo-turned legs joined by H stretchers.  The rear posts have particularly large swellings scored in the middle to suggest bamboo.  The chair was painted pea green when owned by Winterthur and repainted a darker green by Historic Odessa in 2022.