Need help dating old chair

Looking for information on this chair looks like it’s been around for quite some time. Some places have small square nails. The back top part is three pieces of wood with wooden plugs holding it together. Thanks for any help

 

@James Conrad

 

Guesses late 19th- early 20th, country piece. It looks like it's lived a hard life, probably painted originally. Maybe left outside or on the porch in the weather?
Looks like a country made "fancy chair", i don't think real old b/c the seat is 2 boards with a strut underneath holding the 2 halves together?

 

The correct name for this type of chair is "shaped-tablet-top Windsor side chair with splat", so says Nancy Evans and, I'll take her word for it!
These chairs were very popular in America all during the 19th century and well into the 20th. They spanned both the hand made and machine made eras.
The popular name of "fancy chair" or "painted fancy chair" probably came from Baltimore, a center for some of the best early examples.
Nancy Evans, a furniture historian has a good article on their history with some great pics of this style of painted chairs at the Chipstone Foundation.
http://www.chipstone.org/article.ph...-Furniture:-Late-Colonial-and-Federal-Periods

One of the "fancy chairs" in Evans article, mid 19th century, PA origin

 

Thank you @James Conrad

 

No problem, happy to assist if i can. WELCOME TO ANTIQUERS!

 

Agree with a late 19th century date based on the 2 board seat.