Virginia Windsor Bow-Back Side Chair, McKim

Circa 1795-1810, original McKim label reading "Andrew & "Robert" McKim / maker of Windsor Chairs / Richmond, VA." attached to the underside of seat; mixed woods with old, if not original, surface, the molded hickory bowed back face with scratch bead and seven spindle back, shaped molded and beveled poplar seat supported by baluster turned splayed legs, baluster turned stretcher base.

37 x 18.5 x 17 in., seat height 17 in.

Private Collection of a Gentleman, Virginia

Literature: see Burroughs, Southern Furniture, Plate XII for a similar example; also see Journal Early Southern Decorative Arts, Volume VI, no. 1, May 1980 for related information. Also, see Evans, American Windsor Chairs, page 571, figure 7-8 for related example.

MESDA label D-33305

Break and repair to upper right side of bow at spindle joint; front right foot with loss at front edge.