CHAIR

Description: WHITE WICKER CHAIR; HAS GOLD, BRAIDED WICKER TRIM. BACK AND ARMS OF CHAIR ARE ONE PIECE. ON BACK REST IS THE FAINT IMAGE OF A BLUE DIAMOND. CHAIR HAS A REMOVABLE CUSHION COVERED IN BLUE VELVET. SPRINGS ARE VISIBLE ON UNDERSIDE OF CUSHION. CHAIR HAS A SKIRT IN THE FRONT. CHAIR SITS ON FOUR SHORT LEGS, EACH MADE OF WOOD AND WRAPPED WITH WICKER STRIPS; FRONT LEGS EACH HAVE A ROUND FOOT ON THEM. THERE IS A WOOD BRACE IN THE SHAPE OF AN 'X' BETWEEN THE LEGS. EACH LEG ALSO HAS 2 STEEL BRACES (PAINTED WHITE) THAT ATTACHES TO UNDERSIDE OF SEAT.

History: SEE P20010016001-GA FOR HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2010, NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. SHE CONTACTED ALICE KIENHOLZ (DAUGHTER OF ALBERTA KIENHOLZ NEE CLASEN) FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HER MOTHER'S DONATION. ACCORDING TO KIENHOLZ, THE CHAIR WAS ORIGINALLY UPSTAIRS IN HER GRANDMOTHER'S (EMMA CLASEN) HOUSE. SHE SAID, "WE PAINTED IT. IT USED TO BE BROWN... IT PROBABLY GOES BACK TO ABOUT THE 1940S." LATER, THE CHAIR WAS PASSED DOWN TO HER MOTHER, ALBERTA KIENHOLZ. SHE SAID, "WHEN MOM HAD IT, IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE NEW HOUSE ON THE CLASEN FARM." ACCORDING TO KIENHOLZ, EVERYONE USED THE CHAIR. IT WAS USED FOR EVERYDAY PURPOSES RATHER THAN FORMAL ONES. THEY PAINTED AND RECOVERED THE CHAIR TO TRY AND FIX IT UP.