Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1970.001.158 |
Object Name |
Chair |
Title |
Green-Painted Windsor Chair |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Year Range from |
1880 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Kitchen chair, a plain wooden Windsor-style one. Plain posts, rail and spindles. It has 4 spindles to its back. There is no maker's identification. Plain stretchers (one per side, front and back ones are higher than the side ones). Light green painted finish on it. Steam-bent curved braces support the chair back's posts |
Provenance |
Formerly used at the Northern Business College in Owen Sound, Grey County. The College was founded by Christopher A. Fleming (b. 1857-d. 1945) in 1881. It was owned by the Dunbar family in the 20th-century. The school closed c. 1969. |
Collection |
Furniture, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Wood/Paint/Glue |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Dunbar, Harry Fleming, Christopher Alexander (C. A.) |
Subjects |
Chairs |
Search Terms |
Northern Business College |
Function |
Individual seating, suitable for a kitchen setting |