Plantation Chair Vintage

In the mid nineteenth century the planter’s chair was created – a low easy chair with an inclined seat and arms that extend out into a leg rest. The low reclining chair has a back and seat caned in one continuous section. The cane work allows the air to flow freely through resulting in a cooling effect - essential for life in the hot and steamy tropical weather. Each arm is composed of a flat plank with a rounded end, joined with a flat headed dowel, to a nearly identical plank that rotates out, from below into a footrest, forming a platform to rest one’s legs upon.