Collector's term for 17th-century American turned great chairs styled after one that belonged to Elder William Brewster of Plymouth Colony. Such chairs have boldly turned posts and decorative spindles, but unlike Carver chairs they have spindles below the seat as well as in the back and below the arms.
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