splat
Illustration — Sheraton chair with elaborately carved splat • Illustration — Ernest Taylor chair of 1905 with rectilinear design elements A splat is the vertical central element of a chair back. Typically this element of a chair is of exposed wood design. The splat is an important element of furniture identification, since its design has a multitude of variations incorporating the themes of different furniture periods.
splat
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Chippendale's furniture was designed using varied splat details to include Gothic, Chinese, English and some with French details.
Its recorded use is chair back.
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