CHEROKEE GATHERING BASKETS

Unknown Cherokee Woman
1800 – 1830
Northeastern Georgia
Rivercane
Left: HOA: 7", Right: HOA: 5 3/4"
On loan from the Wachovia Historical Society (acc. 5136.1-2)

 

Side Chair with Original Woven Seat


c. 1800
Middle Georgia
Turned maple and split oak seat
HOA: 35"
Private collection

 

During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries white settlers in Georgia’s backcountry displaced native peoples from their ancestral homelands.  This turned side chair reflects the interaction between native Georgians and newly-arrived white European settlers. Its form demonstrates the probable Germanic origin of its turner; the weaving of its seat reflects the influence of Cherokee basketry.

CHEROKEE GATHERING BASKETS
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