Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1926.010.04.1
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1800-1820
- Description:
- Side Chair. "Rod-back" (or "birdcage") Windsor type, with curved cylindrical stiles, tenoned through turned cylindrical crest rail; second, horizontal, cylindrical rail, 3" below top of crest rail, is tapered at ends and tenoned through stiles; seven vertical bamboo-turned spindles, three of which are tenoned through crest rail, the other four not extending above lower rail but tenoned through it. Horseshoe-shaped, slightly hollowed white pine seat with rounded back. Stiles and spindles tenoned into back of seat following its outline, stiles being tenoned through seat. Both upper and lower surfaces of seat beveled on edge along horseshoe curved portion. Entire seat outlined by a groove, with secondary grooves following the curved line of spindles at their inner edge and extending around the front of the seat at the top of the bevel. Four bamboo-turned splayed legs tapered at ends. Four bamboo-turned stretchers--front, back, & sides. A vertical groove decorating front top half of each spindle, below lower rail, and repeated on corresponding portion of stiles. Stained with yellow pigment. Front stretcher worn. Old crazed varnish. Turned legs with three incised rings. Paper label with figure "318" on back of seat, on bottom of which is chalk inscription "Bennet". Semi-circular burn on upper surface of seat. One of a pair.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-34.25 W-21 D-18.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Presumed to have descended in the family of Helen Bennett, some of whose ancestors are known to have lived in Essex County, MA, while others lived in Newmarket, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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