Ladderback

Item Information

Title:
Ladderback
Description:
The chair has acorn finials on cylinder turned back posts. They are joined by three arched slats and trapezoidal rush seat cylindar turned front posts, and "rod" turned box stretchers with a red-brown surface.
Date:
1700–1750
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
rush (material)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
slat-back chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
rush (material)
Wood
Rush
Turned
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
37 1/2 in. x 18 1/2 in. x 13 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/11441
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1992.391
Identifier:
11441