Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 2019.048
- Place of Origin:
- Newmarket, NH
- Date:
- circa 1784
- Description:
- Side chair. Maple, beech and oak; "Chippendale" style. Serpentine crest rail with plain ears, square stiles, and solid vase-shaped central splat; horizontal rail above trapezoidal shaped, woven rush seat. Square front legs each with bead at outer corner. Square out-curving rear legs chamfered on inner and outer corners, with front surfaces cut back at an angle below side stretchers. Rectangular front stretcher with bead on outer edge; round side and back stretchers. Pegged construction. 20th-century brass plate mounted on back of stay rail, engraved: "Chair of / Elizabeth Burleigh / Who Married / Daniel Hill, Aug 22d 1784".
- Material:
- Wood
Rush - Dimensions:
- H-38.1 W-18.9 D-15 inches
- Provenance:
- Daniel Hill (1761-1826), son of General James Hill (1734-1811) and Sarah Burleigh Hoyt (1747-1789), married Elizabeth Burleigh (1766-1845), daughter of Lt. John Burleigh (1717-1776) and Mehitable Sheafe (1731-1802), both of Newmarket, on August 22, 1784. Research has revealed that Daniel and Elizabeth Hill were related by marriage to a group of joiners and a cabinetmaker working in Newmarket during the late 18th century. Cabinetmaker Henry Wiggin, Jr. (1766-1828) was the son of joiner Henry Wiggin (1740-1811) and brother of joiner Michael Wiggin (1765-1820). Henry Wiggin, Jr., married in succession two of Daniel Hill's sisters, Hannah Hill (1775-1798) and Aphia Hill (1783-1819). The Wiggins are documented as having designed and built the Newmarket meetinghouse in 1791 and 1792. Henry Wiggin, Jr. is also documented as building cases for clocks made by John Kennard (1782-1851). Newmarket and Newfields are also adjacent to Exeter, which was the seat of state government during the late 18th century and home to cabinet and chairmakers during the period.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Elizabeth S. Donovan, 5th generation granddaughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Burleigh Hill
- Subjects:
- Chairs
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