Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1967.047.01
- Place of Origin:
- Enfield, NH (probably)
- Date:
- 1840-1880
- Description:
- Side Chair. Shaker manufacture, "slat-back" type, with three horizontal slats framed between turned cylindrical stiles with delicate, elongated, turned finials in stylized flame form, each encircled by a decorative scribed line at its broadest point. Slats have straight lower edges and arched upper edges beveled on the fronts. Slats graduated and bow back. Rush seat. All four legs cylindrical, front ones extending slightly above height of seat rails. All uprights slant backwards and encircled at intervals by scribed lines indicating intersection with other chair components. Bottoms of back legs hollowed, indicating former presence of ball-and-socket tilting devices (missing), held in place by rawhide thongs. Seven turned stretchers, all plain and cylindrical--two on front, two on each side, one at back. Stripped and refinished; traces of former red stain. Very light color, warm, nut-brown with traces of red. Both stiles of back checked near top. Birch.
- Material:
- Wood
Grass
Leather
Birch - Dimensions:
- H-40.5 W-18.5 D-20 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have been used by the Rock-Millen families at Lebanon, NH, and believed to have come from the Shaker community at nearby Enfield.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
- People:
- Millen, Ethel Rock (1890-1980)
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