Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1985.053.03.2
- Date:
- 1800-1830
- Description:
- Chair, side. "Bird cage" or "rod-back" style Windsor chair. Pine plank seat, with decorative circumscribed line. Maples of curly and bird's eye grains. Bamboo turnings, except for the front stretcher, which has an angled rectangular element in the center. Branded "G.W. KENT" on bottom of seat. Paint (black) stripped. Clear varnish applied. Metal and felt pads added to feet. One of a set of four chairs.
- Material:
- Wood
Pine
Maple
Metal
Felt - Dimensions:
- H-33.25 W-19 D-15.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Elizabeth I. Wilson Kent of Chester, NH. Elizabeth Kent was donor's great aunt (Helen's grandfather's sister). G. W. Kent, which is branded on the chairs, was probably the owner of the chairs, rather than the maker. (see Notes field for two possible identifications of G. W. Kent, both cousins of Lucien Kent.)
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Helen Guild Peterson
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