wooden chair frame, two slat back, mule ear, maple and oak, made by Jason Reid, Choestoe, Union County, GA, circa 1920s, 28-1/4 x 17-1/2 x 15 in.; rocking chair, finial tipped, pegged rocking chair with cowhide seat, black paint, Macon, GA, circa mid 1800s, 36 x 22 x 28 in.; oak and maple mule ear chair frame, three slat back, circa 1880s, Rabun County, GA, 34 x 17 x 15 in; hickory chair, three arched slat back, round posts with finials, split woven hickory seat, worn paint, 19th century, Union County, GA, 34 x 19-1/2 x 15 in.

Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia

Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 130, cat. no. 304, the Jason Reid chair frame, Burrison writes, "The posts of this example were turned on Jason's great-wheel lathe, His seat rungs widen to support the sitter and show the impression of the split oak "bottom" once woven around them. About an inch has been worn off the feet from use."

Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024