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Colonial: Pilgrim style carved oak wainscot side chair: Wooden back consisting of one rectangular panel framed by 2 rails and 2 stiles Side stiles project above pierced and curved top rail Arms, mortised into side stile Rectangular board seat shaped at edges and set on rails, with front rail ornamented with molded arch Block-and-vase turned front legs; plain rear legs Three stretchers Bun feet Locality and Period: Connecticut. c. 1640-60. Wainscot chairs were among the first American chairs; in fact, the few documented examples were made by the first settlers from England. Though based on 16th-century English models, early American Wainscot chairs were surprisingly varied. Some examples were elaborately carved like the elegant English models, while others were quite simple.

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