ARMCHAIR

Craftsmen emigrated to the American South from Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, Germany  and other European countries.  They brought the training and regional styles of their homelands with them.  When John Carr of Cecil County, Maryland died in 1676 the inventory of his estate recorded “6 turn’d dutch chairs” with a value of 360 pounds of tobacco.  This exuberantly turned chair with its six decorative acorn finials shows the influence of continental design on English Virginia.