Carver2 U.S.
(ˈkɑːvə(r))
The name of John Carver (1576–1621), the first governor of Plymouth Colony in America, used attrib. to designate a chair of a type owned by him, having a rush seat, arms, and a back usually consisting of three horizontal and three vertical spindles.
| 1902 L. V. Lockwood Colonial Furnit. Amer. v. 129 Figures 85 and 86 are Elder Brewster's and Governor Carver's chairs respectively, and were, according to tradition, brought over in the Mayflower... Chairs in the fashion of Figure 86 are commonly known as ‘Carver chairs’, and are more frequently met with than any other pattern of the turned chair. 1913 ― Furnit. Collectors' Gloss. 10 Carver, an Americanism for a turned chair of the early seventeenth century, the back of which has three horizontal turnings and three vertical spindles, between the two lower horizontal turnings. So called because of one owned by Gov. Carver. 1923 Furnit. Jrnl. 3 Feb. 69 (caption) No. 1461 Carver. 1924 Nutting Furniture Pilgrim Cent. 299 This great Carver chair has a back superior to any other that we have seen, in its massiveness, and the character of its turnings. 1937 Langdon Everyday Things 32 The Carver Chair and the Brewster Chair. |