Saddle
- Object Name:
- Saddle
- Object ID:
- 2022.016
- Creator:
- Ames, Thomas F. (1782-1859)
Leatherworker - Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Saddle. Made by Thomas F. Ames, Keene, NH. English-style saddle with brown leather seat over a metal frame. Brown leather flaps have quilted underside of cotton and horsehair. Wooden stirrups with brown leather straps and covers. Girth is a wide band comprised ten white and black twisted strands. Two fragmentary printed paper labels with image of horse and rider attached to body of saddle under flaps on left and right sides: "SADDLES, / HARNESSES, TRUNKS, / CAPS, &c. / MADE AND SOLD BY / THOMAS F. AMES, / KEENE, N. H."
- Material:
- Leather
Iron
Cotton
Hair
Wood
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-20 W-16 L-22 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- People:
- Ames, Thomas F. (1782-1859)
- Subjects:
- Saddles, Leather goods
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