Chair, Side

Description

Side chair with three back slats. Front posts 16" high, back posts 33 5/8". Back posts angle outward toward top and have turned bullet-shaped finial. Three-ply wood seat with brass tacks around edge and pierced at center to form an encircled star. Front legs taper 3" from the end. Two stretchers at front and sides and one stretcher at back. Wood has bright yellow varnish.

Notes

See photograph 1950.4004.1, which shows the Mount Lebanon Meetinghouse interior and rows of these chairs. They were connected by a wood beam that attached to the inside of the rear back rails under the seat. On August 21, 1887, a deaconess' journal notes, "We have a new arrangement for the Meeting House. Instead of benches, we have chairs made at South Family. Four chairs are fastened together." See 1957.8853.1 for this journal.