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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Darkwing Manor, post: 414745, member: 738&quot;]That back configuration is definitely not an American design! Just a thought on the function, usefulness and practicality of these specialised side (armless) chairs. I agree with the descriptive terms we use today but wonder if those were actually in use in the period. I guess a research spin into old trade catalogs and periodical advertising could answer that but I&#039;m too lazy today. Consider what the ladies were wearing during this period- camisoles, pantelettes, stockings, at least one petticoat under yards of draped, voluminous skirts, underpanels and overskirts,&nbsp; all strapped together into the currently fashionable silhouette by a corset, some sort of reinforced cage, hoop or crinoline, possibly a horsehair-stuffed or wire bustle, maybe a long train, with several pounds of lace and passementrie. It would be difficult to wedge that package into chairs with arms. Based soley on physics, I expect these chairs were used on a daily basis by most women; nursing, knitting, slippering or otherwise.[ATTACH=full]144551[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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