Charleston, South Carolina, 1745-1760
Mahogany with penteclethra, tulip poplar, and bald cypress
Catalog no. 13
This is one of the earliest known Charleston easy chairs. It has a history in the Tennant family at Mount Parnassus plantation outside Charleston. Executed in the neat and plain style, its ornamentation is confined to cabriole legs, front and rear, and carved ball-and-claw feet. The chair could easily pass for a British example were it not for the presence of bald cypress secondary framing.