16th c Spanish Monastery Pew (4 seats)

Furniture

Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

HM-87.1

Description

16-17th c Spanish Monastery Pew 1 of 2 pews/benches with joined seats, dowel back and front detail, plain arm rests. #1 pew originally in the tower with 4 seats and was later cut down to 3 seats when moved to Great Hall. Removed pieces in storage. Purchased in 1934 by Hammond from Las Casas' Santo Domingo First Church University (monastery & cathedral overseen by Bartholomew Las Casas). (Fumigated with methyl bromide gas in October of 1983.)

Collection

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

Made/Created

Place

Location

Spanish

Notes

Date: 16th century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pew

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bench

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Seating Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

General Notes

Note Type

HM97. 1 Las Casas bench

Note Type

HM87. 1 Spanish 17thc bench info

Note Type

1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (17)

Note Type

1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (46)

Note Type

1970 Guide Book to Tower 009

Note Type

2006-02-03 artifact list w 1983 values, copy (1)

Note Type

1965 ca Tower Gallery Inventory, copy 1 p(2) 3rd Floor

Note Type

1970ca Handwritten Inventory p(24) - 3rd Floor Gallery