A "Carver chair" is characterized by having three vertical and three horizontal spindles in the back, but no other turned spindles elsewhere. 1630-1657 exhibited at Pilgrim Hall Museum) traditionally associated with the first Plymouth Colony governor John Carver ( pre-1584-1621) recently its association with Carver has been discounted, as it was determined to have been made of white ash, native to New England, and this (together with Carver’s death date, plus the fact that furniture was not made at Plymouth Colony until years later) indicate that he could not have owned it.
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