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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 957746, member: 6444&quot;]So I had a chair that seemed to be mid to late 19th century, but with earlier looking spindles and stretcher. There it waited, hiding in my basement again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I really like old painted furniture, so it is something that I am always trying to find out more about. I posted a few days ago about a chair I found recently, and as part of that came across a great article by Nancy Goyne Evans on chipstone.org. <a href="http://www.chipstone.org/images.php/216/American-Furniture-1996/Frog-Backs-and-Turkey-Legs:-The-Nomenclature-of-Vernacular-Seating-Furniture,-1740%E2%80%931850" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chipstone.org/images.php/216/American-Furniture-1996/Frog-Backs-and-Turkey-Legs:-The-Nomenclature-of-Vernacular-Seating-Furniture,-1740%E2%80%931850" rel="nofollow">http://www.chipstone.org/images.php/216/American-Furniture-1996/Frog-Backs-and-Turkey-Legs:-The-Nomenclature-of-Vernacular-Seating-Furniture,-1740–1850</a> Interesting article, glancing through the pictures - BANG! That looks familiar? I needed to make another trip to the basement, and that was it!</p><p><br /></p><p>This was the side-chair version of my armchair, part of the Winterthur museum collection: &quot;Figure 22 Spindle-back fancy side chair with Cumberland spindles, New York City, 1800–1815. Maple, birch, and yellow poplar (microanalysis). H. 35&quot;, W. 19&quot;, D. 15 3/4&quot;. (Courtesy, Winterthur Museum.)&quot;</p><p><img src="http://www.chipstone.org/imgpublications/1/18/216/22-Evans.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone ever heard of Cumberland spindles? I certainly never had, but I guess this is what those distinctive spindles are called. Lots of close calls, but I have to say the overall winner is Aquitaine with this amazing &quot;wild guess&quot;: &quot;New York, somewhere around 1800 or newer&quot;. Now who was going to send us all some Werthers Original soft caramels to snack on?? (I&#039;m hungry after all that FAST typing)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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