Chair

Object Name:

Chair

Object ID:

1956.099

Place of Origin:

probably NH

Date:

circa 1790

Description:

Side Chair. "Bow-back" Windsor type, with the lower ends of bent bow tenoned through seat, bow having flat, molded face and rounded back; nine vertical, turned and tapering spindles, each encircled by two decorative grooves and tenoned through top of bow. Horseshoe-shaped white pine seat with rounded back, saddle shaping and hollowed center. Spindles tenoned into back of seat following its outline. Decorative grooves following curved line of spindles at both their inner and outer edges. Four splayed, bamboo-turned legs, tapered at ends and tenoned through seat. Three turned stretchers--side and medial--with bamboo and baluster elements. Spindles probably oak; bow, ash; stretchers and legs probably birch. Has been stripped and refinished. Evidence of several earlier layers of paint. Paper label with accession information on bottom of seat. Left side of seat has apparently broken off and been glued in place. Seven central spindles extend above height of bow, through which they pass. One of a pair.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-37.875 W-20 D-20 inches

Provenance:

Tradition of having belonged to Major General John Sullivan (1740-1795), of Durham, NH. Inherited by Jones family of Plummers Ridge, Milton, NH, through Lydia Worcester, wife of Major Gen. Sullivan, who left them to her niece Sally Worcester, the wife of Levi Jones (1770-1847), the great-grandfather of Charles Jones, the donor's husband.

Credit Line:

Gift of Beulah Jones

People:

Sullivan, Lydia (1738-1820), Sullivan, John (1740-1795), Jones, Sally, Jones, Levi (1770-1847)