Slat-Back "Mushroom" Armchair, circa 1700
 
Slat-Back "Mushroom" Armchair, circa 1700

A Slat-back armchair with 'mushroom handholds' from the Dwight Blaney collection at the MFA in Boston, in black milk paint, with a rush seat. 1986. The Henry Crane House in Litchfield County, Ct.

This is one of several of the best 'mushroom' hand hold armchairs extant, in a group of slat-backs and banister-backs!