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Collection
Wheatland
Title
Night Commode Chair
Object ID
W.1995.043.001
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Collection
Wheatland
Title
Night Commode Chair
Description
A night commode chair that has a four-slat back crest with a Windsor arrow design at the lower back of the chair. The high back chair has turned legs, which are braced by ring-turned box stretchers. The seat has a hole cut out at its center with a separate wood lid with a wrought-iron handle fixed by two screws. The underside of the seat no longer has rabbets to support its zinc or lead chamberpot.
Year Range From
1725
Year Range To
1850
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Northwest Bedchamber
Storage Wall
North Wall
Subcategory
Furniture
Object Name
Chair, Commode
Oither Names
Night Commode Chair
Material
Wood/Metal
Height (in)
50.25
Width (in)
19.625
Depth (in)
21.25
Object ID
W.1995.043.001
Notes
Newspaper article concerning donation in Lancaster New Era, 4 November 1986.
Credit
The Junior League of Lancaster, PA
Accession Number
W.1995.043
Images
Less detail
Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1995.044.001
  1 image  
Collection
Wheatland
Description
Windsor-back rocking chair. The comb-shaped crest has gold painted trim and hand-painted floral, fruit and nut designs. The slab seat also has a hand-painted gilt outline. The two front legs have gilded turnings along with the front stretcher. The two back legs are canted into the rockers and are plain and round with a thin round plain stretcher. Dark wood. Six thin back rails.
Provenance
From the Oscar A. and Mildred Larson Estate
To - The James Buchanan Foundation
LancasterHistory
Year Range From
1720
Year Range To
1860
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
South Middle Bedchamber
Storage Wall
South Wall
Subcategory
Furniture
Object Name
Chair, Rocking
Material
Wood/Paint
Height (in)
36.75
Width (in)
16.375
Depth (in)
16.375
Object ID
W.1995.044.001
Credit
Estate of Oscar A. and Mildred Larson
Accession Number
W.1995.044
Images
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