Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1910

Date Range To

1920

Materials

WOOD, LEATHERETTE

No. Pieces

1

Height

97.8

Length

48.3

Width

42.5

Description

LARGE BULB DECORATIONS ON FRONT LEGS. PADDED BLACK LEATHERETTE SEAT. GEOMETRIC AND FLORAL PATTERN ON BACK PANEL OF CHAIR. OAK WOOD CONSTRUCTION

Subjects

FURNITURE

Historical Association

FURNISHINGS

History

DONATED BY MRS. N.B. PEAT, BELIEVES CHAIR DATES TO ABOUT 1910. LEATHERETTE IS OILCLOTH, MANUFACTURED TO SIMIULATE LEATHER. *UPDATE* IN 2010, NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT INTERVIEWED CAMPBELL PEAT (SON OF NORMAN BONNER AND ANNIE STAFFORD PEAT). ACCORDING TO CAMPBELL PEAT, THE DINING CHAIR WAS PART OF A SET (TABLE AND CHAIRS). WHEN PEAT’S GRANDFATHER DIED IN 1905 OF A HEART ATTACK HIS GRANDMOTHER CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THEIR HOME. HOWEVER, WHEN THE HOME FLOODED IN 1907 SHE MOVED OUT AND BOUGHT 309 WESTMINSTER RD., LETHBRIDGE, AB. THE CHAIR WOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE FURNITURE SHE BOUGHT FOR HER NEW HOUSE. THE CHAIRS AND TABLE WERE TAKEN BY PEAT’S UNCLE GEORGE AND HIS DAUGHTERS. GEORGE WAS THE GAS MASTER AT THE MINE. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO TAKE THE CANARY DOWN TO SEE IF THERE WAS A GAS LEAK. IF THE CANARY DIED THE WORKERS WOULD HAVE TO VACATE THE MINE. THE MINE WAS DESIGNED TO TAKE COAL DOWN THE RIVER IN BARGES BUT THIS PLAN WAS FUTILE DUE TO THE DIFFICULT CURRENTS AND THE WATER LEVEL OF THE OLD MAN RIVER. THEY DEVELOPED THE TRAINS TO HAUL THE COAL INSTEAD. THE TRAIN LINKED COALBANKS AND DUNMORE JUNCTION. THIS TASK WAS COMPLETED IN 1885. WHEN THE MINE BECAME SELF SUFFICIENT, PEAT’S UNCLE WILL OPENED A MINE IN CARMANGAY WITH GEORGE IN 1905. THE SUITE WAS USED BY GEORGE, FLORENCE AND NETTA (HIS DAUGHTERS) UNTIL THEY SOLD THEIR HOUSE AND MOVED TO AN APARTMENT. ANNIE LIKELY CALLED GEORGE AND ASKED FOR A PIECE OF THE DINING SET. HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN HER THIS CHAIR. IT WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT TO DIMITRI GOLUBEV (IN CHARGE OF PARKS AND RECREATION AT THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE). IT WAS SET UP IN THE STAFFORD ROOM HERE AT THE GALT. SEE P19693787000 FOR MORE INFORMATION. FOR INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION OF WILLIAM STAFFORD’S RANCH HOUSE, COLLECTED VIA AN INTERVIEW WITH STAFFORD GRANDSON MR. CAM PEAT, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILES OF P19693787000 OR P19694000000.

Catalogue Number

P19694001000

Acquisition Date

1969-05

Collection

Museum

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