{{Short description|Type of wooden panel-backed chair}} {{Use British English|date=August 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} thumb|A wainscot chair, English, {{circa|1600}} A '''wainscot chair''' is a type of chair which was common in early 17th-century England and colonial America.<ref name="EBwc">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/wainscot-chair |title=Wainscot chair |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |date=13 October 2006 |access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brooklyn Museum |url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/65330 |website=www.brooklynmuseum.org}}</ref> Usually made of oak, the term can be used in a general way for a simple heavy chair, or more specifically for a particular style of heavy panel-backed chair as detailed later.<ref name="EBwc" /> The name derives from the fine grade of oak which was used at the time for wainscot panelling.<ref name="EBwc" />
==Details== When used in a specific sense, there are many characteristics that are implied.<ref name="EBwc" /> These include:
* the front legs having been shaped on a lathe * the back legs being square-sectioned * having arm supports * lacking an upholstered seat * a panel back, sometimes rather plain but often carved with a relatively complex design
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Category:Chairs