Assembled Group of Eight New England Bannister Back Chairs

18th and 19th century, including one armchair, four side chairs with ebonized finish, and three rush seat chairs, all with turned finials, shaped crest rails, half-turned baluster back slats, turned front stretchers, turned feet.
Armchair 42.25 x 26 x 17 in., seat heights range from 16.75 to 19 in.
Private Collection, Clarksville, Virginia
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Armchair with losses to woven splint seat, rear stretcher re-glued; all rush seats are later; the tallest ebonized chair's crest rail with crack and repair; the shortest chair with chips to finials and back slats are likely reversed.