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PLATE V. . (South Carolina—c. 1760-1775). This chair back is very similar to one illustrated in Chippendale's plates. It is in line with his ribband-type back. Although this chair does not show the carved ribbon effect, the scroll and shape are very similar. From the home of the Pickens family. (Property of Mrs. Paul Chatham).

PLATE VI. . (Virginia—c. 1780). These side and corner chairs are of much interest, owing to the fact that they were made by a local or journeyman craftsman at work on the Virginia plantations. Native wood is here used to great advantage. These two chairs are part of a set of ten side and two corner chairs made as part of the original furnishings for Oakland, an old manor house on the James River, in Cumberland County. This entire set has been largely preserved but, like other sets, has become separated in pairs or otherwise. (Property of J. Pope Nash).

PLATE VII. . (North Carolina—c. 1760-1770). This extremely large armchair reflects the work of a chair builder with a taste for good proportion. The shape of the back is excellent, showing the cut-out splat that was very popular, and used throughout this period, and employing a derivation of the fiddle-shape back of the Queen Anne period.

PLATE VIII. . (Virginia—c. 1790). This is a Hepplewhite chair exhibiting Adam influence. It shows a back shape found on many American Hepplewhite chairs, which is more the form of the heart than that of the shield. It is one of a set of chairs thought by many connoisseurs to be one of the finest known sets of the present day. The set, however, is distributed among members of the family which formerly owned it. (Property of Mrs. E. D. Hotchkiss, Jr.).

PLATE IX. . (Virginia—c. 1795-1800). Here is a Sheraton-style chair, with typical square back, ornamented with carving in low relief, the arrow motif used by Adam, and adapted to chairs by Sheraton. These are found in sets used in a dining room or hall. Few are found throughout the South. (Property of Mrs. J. G. Hayes).

PLATE IX. . (Georgia—c. 1800). This plain Sheraton side chair follows the finer chairs in design, but is devoid of carving. It shows the slip seat often found in chairs of the Chippendale period. The square, tapered legs and stretchers are found on most American Sheraton chairs. (Property of Mrs. Fred Sampson).

PLATE X. . (Virginia—c. 1785). This and the labeled Windsor, in Plate XI, do not present the finest type of this style chair. They do, however, present evidence that these chairs were made in the South. The fact that William Pointer is listed in the 1782 census of Richmond, and that the