Fan-back Windsor side chair
New England, probably New Hampshire
1795-1810
Measurements
35-3/4 in x 23-1/2 in x 19 in
Materials
White pine* (seat), red oak* (crest and spindles), maple* (legs and rear posts)
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp
Accession Number
1959.3663
Condition Notes
A split in the seat was reinforced with dowels that are visible on the left side. The black walnut* medial stretcher appears to be a replacement. The chair may have been grain-painted originally.
Provenance
Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp
Comments
This fan-back Windsor side chair, with seven narrow spindles, exhibits good turning, notably in the rear posts. All of its features are crisply fabricated. The crest rail has serpentine shaping along the top and bottom edges, giving it a "ribbonlike" quality that Windsor chair historian Nancy Evans associates with a group of Windsors she believes were made in New Hampshire.
Bibliography
Evans, American Windsor Chairs, 400-401, fig. 6-253.
