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DS1986.436
Child's high chair, Windsor
DS1986.436

Child's high chair, Windsor

Date1750-1790
MediumWhite pine, maple, and hickory
DimensionsOH: 40 1/4"; Seat height: 20 1/2", width: 14 3/4", depth: 10 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1953-563
DescriptionChild's Windsor high chair; shaped hickory crest rail with scrolled ears and supported on seven hickory spindles, each arm terminating in out-turned handgrip and supported on two extra spindles and baluster-turned maple post; pine saddle seat on splayed, turned, maple lges with turned H-stretcher, the front legs supporting a rectangular oak step. Painted black with traces of green undercoat.

Woods: Seat: white pine; Legs, stretchers, arm supports: maple; Cresting rail, spindles, arm rail: hickory