Chair

Object Name:

Chair

Object ID:

2010.029.04.8

Date:

circa 1860

Description:

Side chair, one of four, part of a set of cottage-style bedroom furniture, c. 1860, from the Fogg-Rollins House, Exeter, NH; used by Beatrice A. Rollins (1902-1995). Painted light brown. Crest rail decorated with purple flowers and white scrollwork. Four vertical turned spindles connecting crest rail and bottom rail. Stiles have button finials and white painted bands. White band on bottom rail and around top of cane seat. Front legs have ring turnings and white bands. Two turned stretchers on each side, one on front, and one on back.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-33.5 W-16 D-18 inches

Provenance:

One of a group of objects selected from the Fogg-Rollins House in Exeter. Built during the late 18th century, this historic house site, home to six generations of the Fogg and Rollins families, was left in trust by Beatrice A. Rollins (1902-1995) to be established as a museum documenting the Fogg and Rollins families. Working with the NH Attorney General, the Fogg-Rollins trustees determined that there were neither sufficient assets nor public support for establishing a house museum, so sought to divide the property among interested museums and historical agencies in New Hampshire. The gift will include an endowment for the maintenance of the collection. The House contained the accumulation of six generations of family members, focusing on life in rural mid 19th-century Exeter. These objects selected by NHHS document early to mid 19th-century domestic life and trade as well as late 19th-century recreation and tourism.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Fogg-Rollins Charitable Trust

People:

Rollins, Beatrice (1902-1995)