Doll Chair

Name/Title

Doll Chair

Entry/Object ID

2022.69.1

Description

Doll chair in the form of a humanoid figure (Humpty Dumpty). The back of the chair is painted to show a figure with a pointed head with one lock of yellow hair at the center. It has blue eyes and a wide red mouth stretched into a smile. It is wearing a white collared shirt, red bowtie, blue jacket, light blue pants, and black shoes. The arms are carved to depict the figure squatting on the chair seat with its legs spread wide and hand on its knees. The chair seat is painted with offset black semicircles representing a stone wall. The name "JEANNE" is painted in red at the center of the seat. The bottom of the chair is curved, making it a rocking chair. The sides are painted with a broken egg (white and yolk) with half an eggshell. The eggshell bears a person's face. Two soldiers stand behind the egg white with their arms raised in the air. The bottom of the seat is carved with the inscription, "Merry Christmas / Your friend / Nap".

Context

Made and painted by Napoleon DeGuise of Waterbury, Vermont, for Harriett Jean Scott of Waterbury, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2022.69

Source or Donor

Cook, Carol Scott

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Carol Cook & Jean Scott

Made/Created

Artist

DeGuise, Napoleon F. (1894-1950)

Date made

circa 1950

Place

Town

Waterbury

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Furniture, Doll

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Accessory, Doll

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Material

Wood, Paint

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Scott, Harriett Jean