Chair

Object Name:

Chair

Object ID:

1977.003

Place of Origin:

Bedford, OH

Date:

1911

Description:

Side Chair. Mahogany. Slightly bowed rectangular back having six flat rectangular spindles extending from crest rail to second horizontal rail 2.75" above wooden seat. Rectangular seat with hollowed top and slight saddle shaping. Square front legs tapered on all four surfaces. Square back-curving rear legs. Three rectangular stretchers--sides and medial. Face of front legs, front seat rail, and main stiles and rails of back each decorated with a recessed panel--recessed area on crest rail joining those on stiles without division. Seat overhangs seat rails on all sides and is attached to them by screws. Seat laminated from five strips of wood, running from front to back. Applied brass cuffs at bottom of front legs, 1" high. Round inset brass mark on back of rear seat rail: "THE B. L. MARBLE CHAIR CO. / BEDFORD. OHIO.", letters surrounding central symbol, representing a chair seat. Rubber button on bottom of each foot. Chalk figures on bottom of seat. Crack at top of right stretcher. Several scratches on surface.

Material:

Wood
Mahogany

Dimensions:

H-35.625 W-17.625 D-22.375 inches

Provenance:

An example of the original chairs used in the Lecture Room of the NHHS building. Guy Lowell, the building's architect, sent to the NHHS plans for the chairs and other furniture July 28, 1911. On August 9 the furniture was ordered from the Library Bureau Company and in October was shipped "from the West," where it had apparently been produced by Marble.

Credit Line:

From the Original Furnishings of the New Hampshire Historical Society Building, 1911