Fan-back Windsor side chair
Probably New England
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.