Shaker Community Tiger Maple Slat Back Rocking Chair

Shaker community slat back rocker.  Tiger maple with its distinctive dark lines. Elliptical pommels with collar on lower third  Straight back posts which increase from a strong collar to scribe mark for top slat. 4 slightly arched back slats lightly hand chamfered and joined into post the topmost secured by wooden pins.  Front posts decreasing in diameter above the seat to larger collar for receiving the arms.  All indicate a provenance of Mount Lebanon in the mid 19th Century. This chair was acquired from a reputable auction house and comes from the Shaker Collection of Charles R. Muller, who along with Timothy Rieman, co-authored The Shaker Chair, a well known book on, you guessed it, Shaker Chairs. I believe the chair is also featured in the book.