Square-back Windsor armchair

1800-1815

Measurements

34 in x 21-1/4 in x 19-5/8 in

Materials

Tulip poplar* (seat, crest medallion), maple* (legs, stretchers, rear posts), hickory* (arms, arm supports, spindles)

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3648

Condition Notes

The chair has been completely stripped of paint and looks somewhat bleached.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

The Windsor armchair has bamboo turnings throughout.  The rear posts are joined at the top by two rods forming a chair style popularly called "double rod-back," but termed a square-back in the period.  The two rods hold an octagonal medallion that is unusually wide.  Below, seven spindles from the back  The seat is dished, but otherwise has relatively little shaping.  The stretchers connecting the legs form a box.