3-slat side chair

1775-1850

Measurements

40 in x 18-3/4 in x 14-3/4 in

Materials

maple, splint seat

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp.

Accession Number

1959.3838

Condition Notes

The splint seat is a replacement.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

The three slats of this side chairs have gentle arches at the top and are cut straight across the bottom—a profile that was used very broadly in this utilitarian seating.  The finials, turned as a ball atop a flaring cone, may one day help localize where this utilitarian chair was made.  As usual in 18th century turned-chair construction, only the top slat is pinned to the posts. 

The blue-gray paint, now flaking, covers a red, which was probably the original painted surface.