Name/Title
Armless Reception Chair with needlework, of the Leander family, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
2001.68.1Description
ACC. NO. 01.68.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FURNITURE
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1900
OBJECT: CHAIR, RECEPTION
DESCRIPTION:
ARMLESS RECEPTION CHAIR, MAHOGANY FRAME, UPHOLSTERED IN A COMBINATION PETIT POINT AND NEEDLEPOINT UPHOLSTERY. PATTERN CONSISTS OF MULTI-COLORED FLOWERS ON A BURGUNDY - COLORED BACKGROUND. CRESTRAIL APPEARS TO HAVE HAND-CARVED DESIGN ON A PSEUDO SHELL WITH LEAVES IN A STIPPLED BACKGROUND. FRONT LEGS ARE SUPPORTED BY CASTERS. THE UPHOLSTERY HEMP IS SECURED WITH ORNAMENTAL BRASS TACKS. IT APPEARS TO BE AN AMERICAN-MANUFACTURED PARLOR CHAIR.
SIZE: H 35" SEAT: D 16" X W 18-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
RECEPTION CHAIR FROM THE ESTATE OF EVELYN LEANDER HOPKINS. MRS HOPKINS WAS A GRADUATE OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL AND IS PICTURED IN THE 1921-22 YEARBOOK. THE CHAIR BELONGED TO HER LATE PARENTS, MR AND MRS LOUIS LEANDER. THE LEANDER FAMILY CAME TO ALAMEDA PRIOR TO 1920 AND RESIDED ON CENTRAL AVENUE.
DONOR: ESTATE OF EVELYN LEANDER HOPKINS
CATALOGED: APRIL 14, 2001