Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.7.1 |
Object Name |
Chair |
Description |
Enfield side chair with cane seat. Back posts have an elongated pommel with single scribe mark as the widest point, shoulder at the base of the pommel, scribe marks above and below the back slat mortises. All 4 posts have single scribe marks locating the seat rails and stretchers. The back slats have graduated radii and are flat on bottom and rounded on the top edge towards the front. Seat rails tenons are nailed through the posts. Front seat rail has an old repair of a metal splint attached with 4 screws. Tilters are replacements. |
Credit line |
Museum purchase |
Date |
ca 1840 |
Dimensions |
H-41 W-17.5 L-13 inches |
Dimension Details |
Height is to the top of the finial, width measured at outside of front posts at top, depth is measured back seat rail to front seat rail. |
Material |
Birch/Cane/Paint/Iron |
Place made |
Enfield, NH Shaker Village |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Lexicon sub-category |
Furniture |
Linked documents |
Watch a video about Enfield ladderback chairs on the museum's Youtube channel. |