chair
Ross Memorial Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | chair |
| Artiste ou artisan : | Nisbet, Thomas |
| Type de l'objet : | occasional |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | furnishings |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | furniture |
| Matériaux : | wood, mahogany wood, birch horsehair wood, pine |
| Technique de fabrication : | shellacked |
| Numéro d'accession : | 76.27.6 |
| Nom de la collection : | Ross |
| Province d'origine : | New Brunswick |
| Pays d'origine : | Canada |
| Date de début de production : | 1829 L |
| Date de fin de production : | 1850 P |
| Période : | 2nd quarter of 19th century |
| École ou style : | Regency |
| Description : | Flat back empire chair. Dark red-brown solid mahogany. Sabre legs. Smooth flowing lines. Presently has a black and grey horsehair upholstered seat. Trapezodial shaped seat. |
| Commentaires : | Acquired by the Town of St. Andrews, May 1946. In Cabinetmakers of the Eastern Seaboard, it is described as "slip-seated side chair similar to dozens made for Government House in Fredericton following fire of 1829". Henry Phipps Ross and Sarah Juliette Ross, the American benefactors of the Ross Memorial Museum were avid collectors both on their world travels and locally when they were at their summer estate, Rossmont, near St. Andrews, New Brunswick. They made many of their purchases of furniture between 1902 (when they bought Rossmont) and 1914. Arthur Senna, who worked on the estate often searched for antiques for them, sometimes going as far as Halifax. Henry and Juliette also scoured the countryside in and around St. Andrews themselves, buying directly from local residents. Henry's diary shows just how keen they were about collecting and researching their finds. "1912 Feb. 24, sofa table and chairs come & we go into ecstasies over them....Feb. 25 We read up on Chippendale, Hepplewhite & Sheraton... Mar. 14 Arthur comes at noon...he displays his plunder of samovar, tea kettles & describes purchases-sideboard, etc." None of the furniture attributed to Thomas Nisbet in the Ross collection is labelled by Nisbet but many experts have looked at the pieces over the years and believe them to be by Nisbet. |
| Hauteur : | 85,5 |
| Largeur : | 46 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | HPR 70 |
| Établissement : | Ross Memorial Museum |
| Ville de l'établissement : | St Andrews |
| Province de l'établissement : | New Brunswick |
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