A Pair Of Shaker Ladder Back Chairs With Tilters In Original Red Paint And Original Rush Seats, Early 19th Cen

A pair of Shaker ladder back chairs with tilters in original red paint and original rush seats, early 19th century. The rush seats need replacement, some expected use wear to the red paint, and the tilters are loose from the chairs and need to be reattached. Each measures 18 1/2"W x 14 1/4"D x 39 1/2"H x 16" seat height. The following from Wikipedia - "The main feature of the Shaker ladder-back chair was a tilting ball and socket joint mechanism installed on the bottom of the two rear legs to keep the leg bottoms level.[3] Normally the inflection of the chair feet edges into wooden floors would cause deep scratches and into carpets would cause puncture tear holes.[4] The ball joint mechanism idea would prevent unnecessary punctures and stress to the chair components because the chair feet were kept level and flat even though the chair was tilted back.[5][6] Initially the swivel idea was developed using just wooden balls around 1834.[7][8] It was later realized that this new concept for tilting caused major stress to the chair.[9] More repair engineering work was required than initially foreseen.[9] This was due to the weakening of the leg caused by drilling involved in installation of the wooden ball joint mechanism.[9] Ultimately, the wooden ball concept was discarded and the production of this device ceased.".

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