CHAIR, ROCKING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COBBLERS' SEAT CHAIR
- Materials
- WOOD, LEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P19683149000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COBBLERS' SEAT CHAIR
- Date
- 1902
- Materials
- WOOD, LEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 96.0
- Length
- 51.4
- Width
- 48.0
- Description
- "WESTER M'F'G. CO. SOUTH SUPERIOR, WIS. NO. 2280 FINISH" LABEL ON BOTTOM OF SEAT. LEFT ARM & DOWELS LOOSE, LASHED TO BACK WITH CORD. 1 BACK PANEL PCE. BROKEN. COBBLERS' LEATHER SEAT CARVED IN BUTTERFLY & FLORAL DESIGN. LEATHER WORN & TORN. OAK WOOD CONSTRUCTION. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Subjects
- FURNITURE
- Historical Association
- FURNISHINGS
- History
- DONOR PROVIDED NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING AN ORGAN DONATED BY MAURICE AND AGNES WENDELBOE, ALSO THE DONORS OF THIS CHAIR. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT AGNES WENDELBOE WAS FOUND IN HER LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY. WENDELBOE WAS BORN IN NORWAY IN 1901, AND MOVED TO CANADA WITH HER FAMILYAS A YOUNG GIRL. SHE MARRIED ROSS WENDELBOE IN 1920 AND THEY FARMED IN THE BARRHILL DISTRICT. WHEN ROSS DIED IN 1966, AGNES MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HER SON MAURICE LIVED. SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1991. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF OBITUARY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19683149000
- Acquisition Date
- 1968-03
- Collection
- Museum
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