Side Chair

This chair is part of a stylish group of seating with histories in northern Virginia. They have similar splat designs and construction methods and may have been produced in the Fredericksburg, Virginia, shop of James Allan. A Scottish immigrant, Allan worked as a joiner/cabinetmaker in Fredericksburg from the 1730s until his death in 1789. He employed indentured servants from London as well as a “Cabinett maker slave by name of Glasgow” whom Allan bequeathed to his son. Given Glasgow's specifed training, he likely worked in the shop alongside the other journeymen. Allan sold a military chest, a bedstead, and carved mahogany stands to George Washington during the 1750s. The stands remain today at Mount Vernon.
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