ladder-back

Horizontal slat design

A ladder-back is a chair with a back formed by horizontal slats between two vertical posts, resembling the rungs of a ladder.

The design is traditional and rustic, common in country furniture: a set of ladder-back chairs around the kitchen table.

As an adjective: a ladder-back rocker.

chair

seat

Place for sitting

furniture · Shaker · colonial · rustic · dining · antique · farmhouse · craftsmanship · handmade · hardwood

woodworking

joinery

Fitting wood pieces together

lathe · turning · chisel · woodgrain · sanding · varnish · stain · cabinetmaker · craftsmanship · dovetail

bird

woodpecker

Tree-drilling bird

feathers · plumage · beak · drumming · foraging · insectivorous · bark · nesting · perching · arboreal

Opposites
chair back construction

ladder-backwingback

Chair with projecting sides

furniture style/aesthetic

ladder-backQueen Anne

English monarch, furniture period

Chippendale · Louis XV · rococo · modernist · Eames

Family

back, ladder, backing, background, backbone, backed, backs, backlash, ladders

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G