1950s Hand-Painted Folk Art Ladderback Chair With Rush Seat

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• Material: Painted hardwood with a hand-woven rush seat
• Dimensions: Approx. 37 in high; seat approx. 16-17 in wide
… Read more • Material: Painted hardwood with a hand-woven rush seat
• Dimensions: Approx. 37 in high; seat approx. 16-17 in wide
• Color/Finish: Red ground with polychrome floral painting; turned finials
• Condition: Good with honest age wear. Paint worn at the finials and along the front stretcher where feet rest. Rush seat sound and tight
• Era/Period: Mid 20th century

A low ladderback chair painted in the Mexican folk tradition - a red ground with flowers worked across all three back slats and the front stretcher, turned and banded uprights, and a hand-woven rush seat in a herringbone pattern.

The wear is the good kind: thinned paint exactly where hands and feet have touched it for decades, over a frame that is still tight. A useful occasional chair, and a piece of decoration in its own right against a plain wall.

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