Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1986.047.02
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Date:
- circa 1780
- Description:
- Side Chair. Country Chippendale style, maple wood. Bow-shaped crest rail, molded ears with central groove, rectangular stiles and pierced, vase-shaped, central splat housed in horizontal molded rail above rush seat. Evidence of upholstery tack holes on chair rails; evidence of pale yellow paint in several places. Front seat rail expands into exposed blocks at ends above legs. Square front legs each with bead at outer corner and broad chamfer on inner corner. Square, outcurving rear legs chamfered on inner corners, with front surfaces cut back at angle below side stretchers. Four rectangular stretchers, top of all stretchers have a bead at outer edge. Front stretcher well worn. Pegged construction.
- Material:
- Wood
Grass
Maple - Dimensions:
- H-38.5 W-20.375 D-17.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by the donor at an antique shop because of its similarity to 1986.047.01. The chair has no known Meshech Weare history.
Given in memory of donor's wife, Lucy Brown Seavey, a descendant of the Brown and Batchelder families of Hampton, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of G. Clifton Seavey, in memory of Lucy Brown Seavey
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