This is a reproduction of one of the best-known examples of 17th
century American turned work. It is a monumental, throne-like chair, and
certainly conveys authority to the person seated in it. Particulars of the
design include the liberal use of decorative spindles (40), and a captured board seat, as
opposed to the more common and familiar 'matted' or rush seat of most turned
chairs. This seat form requires a technique of construction involving an
interlocking joint between the seat lists. Two very similar originals reside in the
collections of Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts. They have
ownership histories in Pilgrim families, and are of colonial manufacture, as they are made
of native species of ash.
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