Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1995.563
- Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- circa 1700
- Description:
- Arm Chair. Wood "Cane Chair," with caned seat and back. Arm rests are carved with scrolled hand rests. Feet are carved with scrolls and hemispherical pads. Stretchers are block and ball turned. Arched and scrolled carving on leg rail. Crest rail is arched and carved with spiral ends. Seat is trapezoidal with metal braces added underneath. Handwritten note tacked to underside of seat rail: "Frank Pratt's Chair". Evidence of red and black paint. Carving is somewhat crude. Peg construction. Wood unidentified; these chairs are typically beech, stained dark to look like walnut, and more rarely are walnut.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-55 W-25 D-19 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Pratt, Frank
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