Bannister-back side chair, c. 1720, x x in., Maple and oak with rush seat, United States, 18th century, The banisters that make up the back of this chair were split in half after they had been turned on a lathe. The bannisters' flat side faces the front, where they would meet the sitter's back, and rounded side faces the rear. The manufacturing method was more labor-intensive than simple ladder-back chairs with horizontal back splats, yet less costly than their leather-upholstered or caned contemporaries. This chair descended in the family of the original owners

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