Record #:

27572

Author(s):

Dibbler, Ann W.

Abstract:

The discovery of three groups of chairs with related design and construction characteristics, and with early histories based near the Fredericksburg-Falmouth area of Virginia has prompted further appraisal of chair-making in the region. Each chair features a crest rail, which may be characteristic to Tidewater Virginia down into the Albemarle Sound region of North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 4 Issue 1, May 1978, p1-24, il, map, bibl

Subject(s):

Chairs; Furniture, Early American; Material culture