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Rh  ascribed as being made in the first quarter of the seventeenth century. (Property of William B. Goodwin).

PLATE II. . (South Carolina—c. 1700). A unique chair of early derivation, in which the turnings follow those found on gate-leg tables. This chair presents a problem as to its identification by the student of furniture, as it follows no well-known type. There may have been some kind of covering for the back. It is of little need to say anything here except to show that the workman often employed his own ideas in the furniture he made.

PLATE II. . (North Carolina—c. 1750-1760). Much interest attaches to this turned chair, thought to have been one made as part of the original furnishings for the Moravian Church, established in Wachovia about 1753. Its date is later than appears at first glance, as shown by the splat in the back and top rail. Attention is particularly directed to the seat of the chair, as raised above the seat rails, and made on a frame with turned stretchers extending from the extension of the turned legs to the back and between the legs in front. (Property of the Misses Pfhol).

PLATE III. . (South Carolina—c. 1700-1730). This turned chair shows the modified Spanish front foot, and is unusual in having the square stretchers in base.

PLATE III. . (Virginia—c. 1760-1780). This represents a rare example of the Windsor chair, only two of which have been found to date, which are the only ones surviving, according to well-known authorities. The two chairs are finely turned, and both are made of walnut. Chairs of any type with writing arms are rare. These were found in the vicinity of Richmond. (Property of Joe Kindig, Jr.).

PLATE IV. . (Virginia—c. 1720-1740). The Dutch influence is distinctly shown in this chair. In the Queen Anne period, American chairs followed the style of the chairs brought from England. The shape of the leg was directly from the later William and Mary chairs. (Property of J. K. Beard).

PLATE IV. . (Virginia—c. 1720-1740). This type of chair is often called a roundabout chair. An unusual type, with the deep scalloped skirt. The roundabouts appear among the Chippendale chairs along with the fiddle-splat back, ladder-back and ribband chairs, but are not generally so popular. (Property of J. K. Beard).

PLATE V. . (North Carolina—c. 1760-1775). Here is a fine type of side chair, delicately carved and having the sunk or hollowed seat. The piercing of the cross rails in the back is typical of this type of chair, but the delicate carving is unusual. (Property of Mrs. Paul Chatham).