Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1984.007
- Creator:
- Whipple, David C. (1817-1852)
Cabinetmaker - Place of Origin:
- Croydon, NH
- Date:
- circa 1845
- Description:
- Side chair. Attributed to David C. Whipple (1817-1852), Croydon, NH, c. 1845. Windsor style, rounded tablet top. White pine and unidentified hardwood. Painted and red and black grained all over, except seat which is yellow and red grained. Stencil decoration on crest is fruit bowl done in gold and green; additional stencil design on seat, including flowers and stars. Gold bands on front legs. Names in pencil on bottom of seat: "Christine" and "Rubie J. Drew".
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-34 W-17 D-16 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in Fairfield, Maine; sold at Christopher Huntington auction in Mount Vernon, Maine, June 20, 1974.
Rubie J. Drew was a niece of David C. Whipple, who lived in Topsham, Maine.
Identical chair pictured in The Decorator, Winter 1949/50, belonging to a granddaughter of David Whipple in Bristol, N.H., with history of being one of a set of 6 that was dispersed among family members after David Whipple's death.
Another two identical chairs are with a David Whipple descendant, Barbara W. Billeter, in San Diego, Cal. - Credit Line:
- Gift of the Maine State Museum
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