Comfort is the defining feature of a traditional Southern hickory caned chair. Venerated North Carolina craftsman Birdie Mace distinguished the affectionately dubbed “settin’ chair” from its “ladderback” New England cousin, a chair with straight rear posts and slats which make a ladder-like design. Mace said, “If company comes, and you don’t want ‘em to stay ...
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