Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1998.021
- Date:
- 1780-1800
- Description:
- Arm Chair. Sack-back Windsor armchair, said to have once been owned by William Carpenter (1814-1890) of Surry, NH. Chair painted black over red. The front spindles have spool and ball turnings while the rest of the spindles have plain turnings. Oval slab seat. Legs turned and have spool and ball turnings. Front leg split. The stretchers are bulbous and taper at the ends. The arm rests are flat, expand slightly at the ends. The paint is worn on the front spindles and seat; front spindles and seat may be of butternut wood. 39" high, 24" wide, 14" deep (at seat). No visible maker's marks.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-39 W-24 D-14 inches
- Provenance:
- Note adhered to bottom of chair (removed to accession folder): "4/27/84 This bow back chair was the property of William Carpenter, of Carpenter Hill, Surry, New Hampshire [w]ho lived there f[r]om the early 1800s to about 1850. The burnt leg was caused by the chair being to[o] close to the fireplace while he was asle[e]p in the chair John C. Perry"
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of John C. Perry
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