Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1991.041
- Creator:
- Sanborn, Reuben (1823-1901)
Furniture Maker - Place of Origin:
- Union, NH/Wakefield, NH
- Date:
- 1876-1891
- Description:
- Side Chair. Ladder-back (or slat-back) side chair with leather seat. Three slats on back, top one is beveled on ends. Ball finials. Front stretchers are decoratively turned (side and back stretchers are plain). Printed paper label on back of bottom rail: "Reuben Sanborn / Manufacturer of / Basket Bottomed / Chairs of All Kinds, / Union, N.H." Seat attached with brass tacks. Red-brown finish.
- Material:
- Wood
Leather
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-36.75 W-17.875 D-17.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Two chairs offered by John Page to NHHS; the labeled one purchased by NHHS, the other purchased by James Garvin, whose father lived in Union, NH. Chair has label of Reuben Sanborn, who was said to have a chair factory in Union from c. 1876 until it burned in 1891.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Sanborn, Reuben (1823-1901)
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