Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Chair |
Catalog Number |
1998.48.57 |
Date |
ca. 1810 |
Material(s) |
Wood |
Dimensions |
H-31 W-19 D-12 inches |
Description |
This is a hand-made wooden ladderback chair. It has a woven wood seat and the chair is painted black with traces of gold and red layers underneath. There are turned finials on top of the back posts. There are three slats morticed into the back posts. The slats have a slight curve but are otherwise plain. There are two stretchers on the sides of the legs, one on front and back, all morticed into legs. The bottoms of the front legs are reinforced with metal strapping. |
Notes |
According to family tradition, Lucy Jones Clarkson rode in this chair (then a rocking chair) on a wagon from her Virginia home to "the vicinity of Meadville, Kentucky near Irvington" in Breckinridge County. Clarkson and her husband, Ruben G. Clarkson, had nine children and tradition held that Lucy held the youngest, Laura, in her lap on the trip west. Again according to family tradition, Clarkson worked for Thomas Jefferson on his estate, Monticello, in Virginia, while Jefferson was president. They immigrated to Kentucky sometime after 1820. |
Collection |
William Partee and Glovie P. Gray Collection |
People |
Clarkson, Reuben G. Clarkson, Lucy Jones Clarkson, Laura |
Subjects |
chairs furniture |
Search Terms |
Ladder Back Chair |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |