Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1978.022.05
- Creator:
- Folsom, Abraham & Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Dover, NH/Rochester, NH
- Date:
- 1845-1847
- Description:
- Side Chair. "Fiddle-back" type with slightly bowed crest rail extending beyond stiles at ends and having slightly arched top, rounded ends and straight lower edge, with an arched indentation near each end. Turned cylindrical stiles with tops halved to receive crest and front surfaces flattened except at bottom. Inverted vase-shaped central splat. Slightly hollowed, white pine seat with straight rolled front, rounded back and ogee-curved sides. Roll on front of seat formed by application of strip, with semi-circular cross section to bottom of seat's rounded front. Four splayed, turned legs, front ones having ball and ring turnings and tapering to button feet, back ones plain and tapered at ends. Four turned stretchers--front, back and sides--plain except for front stretcher which is baluster turned with central ball. Branded mark, partly legible, on bottom of seat: "A FOLSOM & CO DOVER N H. / WARRANTED", upper case letters. Painted black with yellow striping and some red graining. Most of ball and ring turnings bronzed on fronts. Stenciled decoration in bronze--fruit and foliage--on crest rail, stylized floral and foliate designs on splat, stiles and rolled seat front. Upper surface of seat, except for spindle area and rolled front, is grained in yellows, browns and greens, including sponge painted borders. Paint somewhat worn, frequently revealing red priming coat. Upper side edges of seat worn. Legs encircled at intervals with scribed lines indicating intersection with other chair components. Piece missing from bottom of splat at left. Gouge in top of seat and checks in bottom and front. Imperfections in backs of seat and of front left leg and on front of back right leg. Left side stretcher irregular in shape. Birch and white pine. One of a set of six.
- Material:
- Wood
Pine
Birch - Dimensions:
- H-33.25 W-16.875 D-16.75 inches
- Provenance:
- One of the set is marked on bottom of seat "L. McDuffs / 6" in chalk and "Louis McDuffie" in pencil. Set probably belonged originally to Louis McDuffee of Rochester, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Manufacturing
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