Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 2007.059.02
- Place of Origin:
- Canterbury, NH (probably)
- Date:
- 1770-1800
- Description:
- Side chair, Chippendale style, one of a pair. Probably Canterbury, NH. Maple with ash splint seat. Curved crest rail with molded ears. Pierced vase form back splat. Turned baluster and block front legs terminating in pad feet (missing). Ball-reel-ball turnings on front stretcher. Double ball side stretchers. Evidence of earlier crackled finish visible underneath coats of red-brown and black paint. Probably painted black and original rush seats replaced with ash splint during early 20th century.
- Material:
- Wood
Maple
Ash - Dimensions:
- H-40.75 W-30.75 D-15 inches
- Provenance:
- Descended in the Cogswell family of Canterbury, NH. Donor is a descendant of Moses Cogswell (1757-1811) and Hannah Foster (d. 1814) of Canterbury. The chairs descended to Alida Cogswell True Hodge (1873-1940), then to her youngest daughter, Doris True Davis (b. 1901) of Brattleboro, VT, then to her son, Paul Davis, the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Paul T. and Jean C. Davis in memory of Alida Cogswell, Doris True Davis, and Harry Sleeper
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