1800 Campeche Chair With Inlaid Conch Shell Headrest

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An amazing opportunity to own a rare Campeche lounge chair. The history of the Campeche chair is quite interesting with … Read more An amazing opportunity to own a rare Campeche lounge chair. The history of the Campeche chair is quite interesting with the original X base dating back to both Roman and Egyptian times. Campeche style chairs were first produced in America from 1810-1825. This particular chair may have been made in Louisiana for a plantation owner, or possibly a wealthy merchant in New Orleans. Often referred to as a "Planter's Chair," though, from the belief that it was invented as a low, reclined, and airy chair for the planters who owned tea and sugarcane plantations in British Colonial households" which has led us to believe is a more likely possibility for this chair's origin having bought it from an English based source. Appears to be made of mahogany with nail head accent leather seat and what appears to be an inlaid, cross section of a conch shell on the headrest. This is an extremely comfortable chair and one can surely imagine why they were favored by plantation owners while relaxing on their verandas. See less