Dining Chair

Front View

Front View

Name/Title

Dining Chair

Entry/Object ID

1968.420.034

Description

Oak spindle back dining chair featuring 12 vertical turned spindles set into a curved top rail and a lower rail. The curved or best wood top rail is a hallmark of this design. Seat is a replaced caning. Circles incised in back corners of chair back and on seat skirt. Metal nail-on floor protection on bottom of legs.

Context

Owned by the Ware family. Returned to Wildwood by Norton Ware when he was informed the house was to be restored.

Collection

Ware Family

Acquisition

Accession

1968.420

Source or Donor

420 Wildwood Historic Center/Ware

Acquisition Method

Found

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Chair, Dining

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Chair

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Seating Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Height

36-1/2 in

Width

15-1/2 in

Depth

15 in

Location

Room

Dining Room

Floor

First Floor

Building

Wildwood House

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Provenance

Notes

Belonged to Jasper A. Ware family.