Modern French Antique Style Ladderback Dining Chairs

A set of six modern French, antique style ladderback dining chairs, the shaped supports with three shaped rails, the top with carved detail, recessed rushed seats, restrained scroll legs and turned cross stretchers.

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Scroll Legs - are in the form of an elongated scroll or 's' shape, from which the cabriole leg also derived. Scroll legs, however, are usually rather more substantial and are frequently found supporting side tables and hall tables throughout much of the 19th century. As a rule, the back legs of such tables intended to remain against the wall were flat and rectangular.
Turning - Any part of a piece of furniture that has been turned and shaped with chisels on a lathe. Turned sections include legs, columns, feet, finials, pedestals, stretchers, spindles etc. There have been many varieties and fashions over the centuries: baluster, melon, barley-sugar, bobbin, cotton-reel, rope-twist, and so on. Split turning implies a turned section that has been cut in half lengthwise and applied to a cabinet front as a false decorative support.

This item has been included into following indexes:

chairs, sets of 6, style or period
- French 171
- ladder backs 35
chairs, sets of 6, timber - all styles and timbers 749