Chair: slat-back

Dublin Core

Title

Chair: slat-back

Subject

Chairs
Handicraft
Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Description

This slat-back or ladder back chair made in the New England style, has eight stretchers, 5 horizontal banisters, two uprights that are turned at the top into a rounded off cone. Material is possibly chestnut and maple. The chair was probably made in the 1920s and is attributed to Max Woody, a seventh-generation chair-maker from McDowell County, North Carolina.

Creator

Woody, Max

Source

Ray Gibbs Collection

Publisher

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Date

1920/1929

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
crafts (art genres)

Type

StillImage

Identifier

12385
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/12385

Date Created

2006-04-17

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

McDowell County (N.C.)
Appalachian Region, Southern

Extent

17.75" x 13.75" x 47.25"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Woody, Max, “Chair: slat-back,” OAI, accessed May 7, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/12385.