ladder back

English

Noun

ladder back (plural ladder backs)

  1. Alternative form of ladderback
    • 1972, South of the Mountains - Volumes 16-20, page xliv:
      This chair might be said to reflect a period when our ancestors began to have a little more time to devote to shaping and fitting than was required to make the vertical and horizontal joints of the simpler ladder backs.
    • 1977, Luis M. Feduchi, A History of World Furniture, page 81:
      They had ladder backs with three or more horizontal rungs or with a vertical element in the center.
    • 2000, Christian Becksvoort, The Shaker Legacy: Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style:
      However, if you look more closely, you can see that the Shaker ladder back is the more refined of the two: taller, thinner, and designed for greater comfort than its country cousin.

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