Minneapolis Institute of Art

Shaker side chair

United States (Connecticut)

Date

c. 1840

Medium

Wood, cane

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This chair was used by brothers and sisters in the Shaker community of Enfield, CT (1793-c.1918). Similar to chairs from other Shaker communities, like Canterbury, New Hampshire and Harvard, Massachusetts, this object is almost entirely comprised of lathe-turned posts and stretchers and has noticeably graduated rear slats. The slight slant to the legs allows one to lean back in the chair, supported by rear tilts or ball-and-socket feet at the bottoms of the rear stiles, a distinctively Shaker feature. United States, Americas

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