Figure 15  Armchair, possibly coastal South Carolina, 1690–1720. Walnut. H. 45 1/2" (feet restored), W. 22", D. 16 3/4". This chair originally had a plank seat. During the nineteenth or early twentieth century, the seat boards were removed and the upper edges of the beaded seat rails were rounded to accommodate a woven seat. (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.)