Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1972.084.01
- Place of Origin:
- Canterbury, NH
- Date:
- 1790-1810
- Description:
- Side Chair. "Bow-back" Windsor type, with the lower ends of bent bow tenoned through seat, bow having flat molded face and flat plain back surface; seven vertical turned and tapering spindles, all tenoned through top of bow. Horseshoe-shaped basswood seat with rounded back, pronounced saddle shaping and hollowed center. Spindles tenoned into back of seat following its outline. Rounded back of seat has beveled upper edge. Four splayed, bamboo-turned legs tenoned through seat and ending with long, tapering lower sections. Three turned stretchers--side and medial--all with swelling at center. Painted green. Spindles, bow and stretchers probably ash. 20th century printed paper label adhered to bottom of seat: "JONES WAREHOUSES PROVIDENCE, R.I." Probably maple, ash and basswood.
- Material:
- Wood
Maple
Ash
Basswood - Dimensions:
- H-37 W-19.5 D-21 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned by the Cogswell family of Canterbury, NH. Descended to Muriel Louise (True) Vaughan (1897-1948), wife of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dana P. Vaughan
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