Chair, Desk
- Object Name:
- Chair, Desk
- Object ID:
- 1970.040
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- School Chair. Thick, bowed crest rail extending beyond stiles at sides and having slightly arched top, rounded ends and straight lower edge; turned, cylindrical stiles cut on fronts at top to receive crest rail; central vase-shaped splat passing behind seat which is notched to hold it; tulip poplar seat with straight sides and slightly curved front and back; front and side edges of seat slightly rounded on upper surface; stiles tenoned through seat. Two pieces of 2" x 4" pine nailed to bottom of seat as blocking into which top of cast iron pedestal is screwed. Pedestal flares to circular base, in flat rim of which are four screw holes used in attaching chair to floor; screws missing."NO. 4" cast into base's rim on rear, upper surface. On bottom of seat are stamped 12 figure "1"'s, in four groupings of three each. Blocking added to raise height of chair. Birch and tulip poplar.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Birch
Pine
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-27.5 W-13.25 D-14.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have come from the second Weirs schoolhouse, Laconia, NH, which was built c. 1890.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ronald Gallup
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