Great Chair, 1650-1675
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Furniture can signify a person's status within a household. This chair's large proportions and expensively turned arm posts and carved rails and seat back would have outshone others in the room. Only the head of the family and honored guests would have used this "great chair." Other family members would be resigned to simpler chairs, benches or stools.
Furniture can signify a person's status within a household. This chair's large proportions and expensively turned arm posts and carved rails and seat back would have outshone others in the room. Only the head of the family and honored guests would have used this "great chair." Other family members would be resigned to simpler chairs, benches or stools.
Artifact
Great chair
Date Made
1650-1675
Place of Creation
United States, Massachusetts, Hingham
Creator Notes
Possibly made in Hingham, Massachusetts
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Fully Furnished
Object ID
74.25.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Oak (Wood)
Technique
Carving (Processes)
Dimensions
Height: 43.875 in
Width: 27 in
Length: 21.5 in
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