• Furniture, Chair - Side Chair
    Baluster back chair
Furniture, Chair - Side Chair
Furniture, Chair - Side Chair
Furniture, Chair - Side Chair

Furniture, Chair - Side Chair

Madison Historical Society
1750 – 1780 (Date manufactured/created)
Ash Maple Rush Seat
Baluster back chair made of ash and maple, c.1750-1780, US origin.  Chair has a rush seat,  three balusters and scalloped crest rail.  Posts have elongated baluster turnings over short baluster separated by a ring.  Ring turnings on the front legs.  The double stretchers have turnings on the front; sides are plain.  Only one stretcher on rear.  42 1/2" tall, 19 1/2" wide. 
Donated by Elisabeth Skinner Platt
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