House & Garden- 
The three chairs 
above were known 
as banister-b ac k s 
and were made 
in 172S-17SO, in En¬ 
gland and America 
{Left) A modern 
adaptation of the 
loop-back Windsor 
armchair. Courtesy 
of Joseph P. Mc¬ 
Hugh & Son 
A number of influences 
are seen m this early 
Queen Anne cottage chair 
—the back is Dutch ancl 
the foot Spanish. The 
seat is rush. Courtesy of 
Metropolitan Museum 
Light,' simple turned 
chairs were much in vogue 
at one time. The best 
example of the type is 
the famous Governor 
Carver armchair now in 
the Metropolitan 
An excellent example of 
the fan - back Windsor, 
made 1775-1800. It is 
of hickory, maple and 
pine, for the early crafts¬ 
men always used our na¬ 
tive woods in their loork 
In the early years of the 
Wth Century “fancy” 
chairs were made. This 
example shows Sheraton 
influence. They were gen¬ 
erally painted and sten¬ 
ciled and had rush seats 
Of this group of cot¬ 
tage chairs, two have 
early Qtieen Anne vase¬ 
shaped splats and the 
middle one the slat- 
back. Courtesy of the 
Metropolitan Museum 
of Art 
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