Highchair
Randall House Museum
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| Object Name: | Highchair |
| Artist/Maker: | David Wylie Long |
| Category: | Seating Furniture |
| Material: | Wood |
| Accession Number: | 02.06.1 |
| Other Geographical Data: | [45.0500169,-64.415856:45.009966,-64.416684] |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1924-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1924-12-31 |
| Description: | A medium brown wooden highchair. It has four spindles and two posts forming the back of the chair. The spindles and posts are hand-carved to resemble turned pieces. Two spindles on each side support the armrests. These also are hand-carved. The tray is attached to the side posts and moves up and down on a fastener. There is a footrest across the front width of the chair below the seat. The legs have two simple carved turnings. There is one stretcher in front and one at the back, hand-carved, and two on each side. The seat is wood-framed, with air holes carved into it, surfaced by thin wood. There are thirty rivets around the outer edge of the seat. |
| Narrative: | The highchair was hand-carved with a jackknife. The highchair was made in 1924 by David Wylie Long of Black River [1883-1943] for his daughter Ruth. Long was born in White Rock, Kings County. He married Jennie Ester Nowlin (1891-1977) of Black River, Kings County, daughter of Charles Nowlin and Amanda Schofield Nowlin, in 1923. Long and his wife Jennie are both buried in Black River Cemetery. |
| Height: | 111.8 cm |
| Width: | 30.5 cm |
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| Institution City: | Wolfville |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |
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