Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1960.062
- Place of Origin:
- Possibly NH or Canada
- Date:
- 1600-1700
- Description:
- Child's Side Chair. Butternut wood, with rush seat and back. Back has two slats between posts; rush woven between the slats. Turned front and rear posts, with decorative incised lines; rounded finials on rear posts; whittled or hewn stretchers and seat rails. Front stretcher is flattened. Oval seat, broken in the middle (rush stuffing present).
- Material:
- Wood
Grass - Dimensions:
- H-23.5 W-16.5 D-13.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Chair said to have come from Charles Gay Hooker (1822-1905), Hinsdale, NH. Hooker grew up in Hinsdale, and moved to San Francisco, CA, as an adult. The Hinsdale homestead, where Hooker grew up, goes back at least to his great grandfather, Rev. Bunker Gay.
- Credit Line:
- Museum Purchase
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