Chair

Object Name:

Chair

Object ID:

1992.063.504

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Armchair from drugstore in Farmington, NH. Maple, with basket seat and wicker and splint back. Wicker back uses splints, beads and sticks. Center of back woven into a diamond pattern, using red and green painted beads. Stiles are turned; rear stiles extend approximately 6" above back crest, with spool turnings at their tops; all stiles end with ball and spool turnings at the feet. Seat is done in plaited weaving; splints painted green and red-brown (the colors are especially visible on the underside). Arm rest is flat, .875" thick, and a serpentine shape. Half spheres are pegged into arm rests, as extensions of the front stiles. Two turned stretchers on the front and sides; one stretcher on the rear. Corner blocks attached with large bolts. Label under arm rest printed paper, mostly illegible: "NO. / _ _ COMPANY / _ _ _ _".

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-46.5 W-23.5 D-22 inches

Provenance:

Chair from Soda Fountain furnishings, part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, N.H.
Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. (Note that manuscript collections can be found at NHHS 1992-068.)

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood, in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988), Roberts, George C., Knox, Fred L.