Wainscot chair
The heavy panelled oak chair of the 17th-century English and early American home.
The wainscot chair was the principal seat of the house, reserved for its master. Emigrants took the type to New England, where it was made into the 18th century. Examples are in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Metropolitan Museum.
Materials: Oak
Manufacture: Frame and panel as in wall panelling, joined with tenons and pegs; the back carved.
The back is a carved panel in a frame, like a piece of wainscot – hence the name.
Straight turned legs with stretchers close to the floor.