Joined armchair
The use of black walnut characterizes furniture made in southeastern Pennsylvania in this period. Unlike New England-paneled chairs, which were carved, this chair is ornamented only by its sawn crest rail featuring partial crescents flanking a mushroom-shaped motif. The design is similar to that of crest rails on chairs produced in Cheshire and southern Lancashire in England, suggesting the influence of immigrant craftsmen.
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