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Carver Armchair Rendered by Anne Ger gouache, watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard, 28.1 x 23 cm (11 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.) Index of American Design 1943.8.4062 |
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Open chairs were more widely used in America than the solid wainscot chair. Carver and Brewster chairs, named after seventeenth-century Massachusetts governors, were two popular types of open-back chairs. The Carver armchair, seen here, has a characteristic seat back consisting of a single row of three turned spindles set between horizontal cross rails. The Brewster chair was more complicated, having tiers of turned spindles on the back, and, frequently, under the seat rails as well.
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