NEW ENGLAND, POSSIBLY VERMONT, 1790-1810

The flat angle of the writing paddle, the location of the drawer underneath the seat and the sharply raked legs of this chair contribute to the successful integration and balance of elements in its design. It exhibits turning patterns found throughout New England, and the location of the drawer underneath the seat, while unusual, can be seen on a comb-back from the Connecticut-Rhode Island area, illustrated in Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Furniture, Specialized Forms, (New York, 1997), p. 41, fig. 1.8. Evans indicates that the writing-arm form remained an uncommon form in Northern New England; the regional attribution to Vermont, assigned by Santore, may indicate a history of ownership in that part of the country, now unknown.