Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1947.010.02
- Place of Origin:
- Essex County, MA, or southeastern NH
- Date:
- 1774-1781
- Description:
- Side Chair. Chippendale ladder-back type, with stiles having serpentine ladder backs, crest rail with undulating upper and lower outlines, extending beyond stiles at sides and three horizontal slats repeating shape of crest rail. Entire outer edge of back outlined by narrow bead. Upholstered over seat rails with modern maroon fabric using cast brass tacks on outside and hand wrought iron tacks on underside. Trapezoidal corner block at all four corners appear to be original. Square front legs molded on fronts and outer sides and having slight chamfer on inner corner. Square rear legs also slightly chamfered on inner corners with front surfaces cut back at angle below side stretchers. Four plain rectangular stretchers--side, back and medial. Two modern pencilled inscriptions, as well as two paper labels on bottom of seat, identifying chair as having belonged to Josiah Bartlett. Chair reupholstered c. 1947. High gloss varnish.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-38.25 W-20.125 D-19 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor, Mrs. John Watt (Edna Bartlett Conner), is the great-great granddaughter of Josiah Bartlett.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edna Bartlett Conner Watt, In Memory of Levietta Bartlett Conner
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