Title
Carver Style Armchair
Creator
Date
1650-1690
Description
A Carver style armchair (American, 1650-1690) composed of oak and maple with a rush seat. The chair has a slant back with three turned vertical spindles flanked by horizontal turned posts and an upper ring turned post, the high back posts terminate in acorn-shaped finials. The straight arms join extended legs posts. The rush seat is covered by a later loose green velvet cushion with large blue/green tassels. The whole is raised on four cylindrical legs joined by double stretchers in the front and on the sides and a single rear stretcher.
The Carver armchair is a 17th century American type of chair purportedly named after John Carver (c. 1576-1621), the founder and first governor of the Plymouth colony. It is a simpler version of the Brewster chair with stretchers but no spindles beneath the arms and seat.
The Carver armchair is a 17th century American type of chair purportedly named after John Carver (c. 1576-1621), the founder and first governor of the Plymouth colony. It is a simpler version of the Brewster chair with stretchers but no spindles beneath the arms and seat.
Cultural Origin
American
Medium
oak
maple
rush seat
Extent
43" x 24.5" x 16"
Collection
Source
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1949.
Identifier
PSNC.1730a-b
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