Chaise
- Object Name:
- Chaise
- Object ID:
- 1959.032.20
- Date:
- circa 1844
- Description:
- Child's chaise or baby carriage. Two-wheel carriage with folding leather hood. Upward curving pull handle. Iron support rests on ground to hold body level when not in motion. Painted black with ornamental yellow striping. Leather upholstery. Body hung on leather straps.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-36 W-32 L-56 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Jane Burgum Elkin (1822-1905) of Brooklyn, NY. Her first child, Manuel H. Elkin, was born in 1844; three others followed in 1846, 1848, and 1857. It is thought that the carriage was purchased in 1844 for Manuel H. Elkin. It was later owned by Emma G. Burgum (1826-1923), wife of John Burgum, who used it to take her babies to the Old North Church in Concord on Sundays.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Marion A. Elkin
- People:
- Burgum, Emma (1826-1923)
- Subjects:
- Baby carriages
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