Fine American Sack Back Windsor Arm Chair
New England, possibly Rhode Island c. 1790-1810
Item # 110012ERE02

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This is a gorgeous piece with a fine oiled patina. The plank seat is a single solid board of chestnut, carved for comfort and oval in form with a thin channel along the back outlining the gallery of spindles. A crack is growing along, stopped from the underside with a butterfly dovetail joint. Remnants of a green paint over a milky white paint are visible on the underside of the chair, the white almost certainly being the original color for this chair. The steam bent crest rail wraps around the middle seven spindles, each of which tenon through the crest and poke over the top, before completing on either side in a square tenon through the arm rail. The arm rail is hickory with gorgeous worn grains, chamfered along the sides with the short spindles and turned red oak arm supports on either side tenoned through and pinned at the top with a split-wedge tenon. The turned red oak arm supports join through the seat. It rests over four ring baluster turned legs with an H-form stretcher.

It has a glowing warm patina and outstanding form. Due to it's delicate nature and somewhat loose joints, we would recommend it only for light use and primarily to complete one's collection rather than for functional purposes. If the joints are reglued it would be absolutely suited for careful functional use.

Measurements:
22" wide at feet x 22 1/2" total depth (approximate); 15" of depth from front foot to rear foot; 17 1/8" high to seat; 35 5/8" high to crest rail

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