Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1960.077.001 |
Object Name |
Cradle |
Title |
(Tom) Thomson Family Cradle |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Date |
Late 1800s? |
Year Range from |
1870 |
Year Range to |
1880 |
Artist |
Unidentified maker |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Spindle-sided baby cradle reportedly used by the Thomson Family. The cradle has a cream-colour or light beige-colour painted finish. There are four turned legs, a pair joining each rocker. The legs continue as corner posts, and have a round knob finial. There are four plain horizontal rails around the bottom, and four around the top. In between these rails are vertical spindles. The short ends each have 3 spindles, while the sides have 10 spindles each. Three spindles on one side are turned the same. The others are plain spindles. It has a wooden slat base. There is no original mattress for it (perhaps a straw tick was used?). |
Provenance |
Maker unknown. According to the previous owner, this cradle was used by the John Thomson family and was the cradle that a famous Canadian artist, Tom Thomson, was rocked in. If this is true, it may date to 1872 or 1873 as the first Thomson child (Louisa) was born in 1873. Mrs. Thomson later gave the cradle to the Buzza family of Sydenham Township, and it was used by the Buzza children. |
Collection |
Furniture, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Wood/Paint/Metal |
Dimensions |
H-51.2 W-46.2 L-95.4 cm |
Found |
Sydenham Township (formerly), Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Thomson, Tom Thomson, John Buzza Thomson, Fraser |
Subjects |
Cradles Beds Babies |
Search Terms |
Sydenham Township |
Function |
Bed used for an infant |