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Armchair. Turned oak and ash. Slat back form. Upright back with pear-shaped finials; three-slatback (top one has split and lost its top curve). Each slat pierced with small decorative holes. Top and lower slat have circular holes; central slat has two circular holes flanking a central diamond-shaped hole. Plain rounded arms; old, painted rush seat; turned front posts; legs connected by two sausage-turned stretchers; straight feet slightly truncated and fitted with holes for casters (no longer present), natural finish with traces of old brownish-red stain toward bottom.
armchairs
ash (wood)
mortise-and-tenon joints
joining
oak (wood)
piercing
reed (grass, material)
turning (shaping process)
reed (grass, material)
Oak
Ash
Reed
Turned
Pierced
Mortise & Tenon
ARMCHAIR
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
Hingham, MA, USA; New England
48 x 24 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1327
Possibly Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly
Possibly
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