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Childs Chair

Gardner & CompanyPatented May 21, 1872

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States

Dolls or Childs Side Chair: wood, plywood, brass tacks. Two turned front legs with rings in center and near juncture with seat rail are joined by a turned, double-ringed stretcher above midpoint and by a plain front seat rail. Two plain stretchers on each side and one plain stretcher connecting rear legs. Rear stiles form rear legs then cant backward to support back; connected at top by arched crest rail. Back and seat formed by continuous piece of three-ply plywood with shaped edges at back, connected to frame by six brass tacks at front seat rail, six brass tacks at crest rail and two brass tacks at each rear stile near where rear seat rail would be. Seat pierced with star in circle in rectangle; back pierced with the word "PET below pierced crest and above "Y" under arc.Condition: Some joints loose. Plywood splintered at mid-section of proper right edge of seat. Stain on finish of seat. Some splintering around pierced holes on underside, especially at seat and near central hole near crest. Oxidation to brass tacks. General wear.

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  • Title: Childs Chair
  • Creator Lifespan: 1863-1888
  • Creator Nationality: 0
  • Date Created: Patented May 21, 1872
  • Location Created: Clarksville (now Glen Gardner), New Jersey, USA
  • Type: Furniture, Seating
  • Rights: Maria L. Emmons Fund
  • External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2431/Childs_Chair
  • Medium: Wood, plywood, brass tacks
  • Markings: Impressed on back, left of "Y" piercing in rectangle: "GARDNERS /PATENT /MAY 21 1872"
  • Maker: Gardner & Company
  • Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 8 5/8 x 10 in. (46.0 x 21.9 x 25.4 cm)
  • Collection: Decorative Arts
  • Accession number: 1998.88
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