Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1972.084.03
- Place of Origin:
- Canterbury, NH
- Date:
- 1770-1800
- Description:
- Side Chair. Yoke crest rail with straight, downward slanting shoulders, rectangular stiles with very slight chamfer on lower portion at back corners, and vase-shaped central splat housed in horizontal rail above rush seat, rail having bead at lower front edge. Square front legs, each with bead at outer corner and extending above height of seat rails with top of each having four chamfered edges. Rear legs square with slight chamfer on corners. Seven plain turned stretchers of ash, one on back, two each on front and sides. Probably constructed of birch and ash. Woven rush seat.
- Material:
- Wood
Grass
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-37 W-18.625 D-15.375 inches
- Provenance:
- Descended in the Cogswell family of Canterbury to Muriel Louise (True) Vaughan (1897-1948), the wife of the donor. Said to have been the pulpit chair in the "Worsted Church" at Canterbury, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dana P. Vaughan
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