Figure 44  Armchair attributed to Robert Walker, King George County, Virginia, 1750–1760. Walnut. H. 37 1/4", W. 22 5/16", D. 17 5/8". (Private collection; photo, Hans Lorenz.) Like other seating attributed to Walker’s shop, this chair has laminated triangular glue blocks at the corners of the seat frame, a splat with beveled rear edges and piercings related to those on earlier seating in the group, an arched rear rail that is integral with the shoe, and arms that are attached to the side rails with a coped joint and four screws and joined to the rear stiles with an exposed dovetail reinforced with a screw. The chair originally had a slip seat, but it was replaced with plank boards during the nineteenth century.