This chair represents one of the quintessential forms associated with Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and demonstrates how the Philadelphia fan-back form was interpreted by Pennsylvania-German craftsmen. The features which identify this chair as Lancaster County are the high-arching crestrail with deeply carved ears, the nearly vertical spindles which taper slightly at both ends, and the stiles turned with three compressed-balls, the bottom one of which rests directly on the seat. Another feature typical of Lancaster County is the distinctive under-carriage with cylinder and baluster-turned front legs terminating in blunt arrow feet and baluster-turned tapering back legs.

A related example is illustrated and discussed in Santore, p. 84, fig. 71.