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2007.22.1 - Chair, Rocking
A small wooden rocking chair with two brass labels nailed to seat bottom reading: "H. W. Woodruff Co./Washington Depot, Conn." eleven spindles, turned posts, turned legs, a caned seat, and four stretchers. The chair is from the home of June Wyant, 4 Blackville Road (former home of abolitionist John Gunn which was demolished in 2015). Henry W. Woodruff bought Titus Mills in 1871 and expanded the mill into a 3 story factory that housed the Wash...
Record Type: Object
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2008.21 - Pamphlet
Booklet titled: "The Connecticut Antiquarian" on "Lambert Hitchcock of Hitchcocks-ville, Connecticut: America's Most Famous Chairmaker and the Story of His Original Manufactory"
Record Type: Object
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2008.5.80 - Bench
Connecticut butternut stepstool, Cricket Bench, possibly early with repair. Flat top with bow cut sides. End pieces are triangular cut. Pieces are secured with wooden dowels. One end has been repaired with an interior piece of thin plywood fastened by six screws.
Record Type: Object
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2008.5.93 - Chair
Black chair, slat-back with caned seat and gold highlighting. The back has two flat slats and a top turned rail. The front legs are turned as well as the front stretcher. The chair has two rounded stretchers on each side one in the back. Two screws may have been added to the top back.
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2010.4.7 - Chair
Small wooden side chair with four turned spindles in back inserted into carved crest rail, solid turned back posts, front legs and front stretcher' Legs joined by six stretchers. Shaped seat covered in yellowing courderoy. Used by the August Johnson family, Swedish immigrants to Washington, Connecticut.
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2011.33.50 - Chair, Folding
A wooden folding deck chair used by the artist Louis David Vaillant of 24 Old North Road in Washington, Connecticut on board his yacht. String netting for the back and seat, wooden foot rest
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2011.33.53 - Chair
A carved wooden claw foot chair with "A.C.V." (Alice Clapp Vaillant) initialed blue and white floral designed needlepoint seat. Alice lived at 24 Old North Road in Washington, Connecticut. The seat can be removed from the chair frame.
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2011.33.55 - Chair
A wooden ladder back chair with a rush seat f rom the Vaillant Family at 24 Old North Road, Washington, Connecticut. Turned continuous back posts ending in a conical point, 3 back slats round at top. 7 simple turned stretchers attached to legs
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2015.42.24 - Postcard
A black and white (a bit faded) image of Lake Waramaug. At the forefront is a road which beyond features a small beach with a lawn to the right with several canoes/small boats. Surrounding the lake are tree covered hills. There are boats along the shore and throughout the water.
Record Type: Object
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2016.17.1 - Cover, Chair Seat
Rocking chair blanket/cover made by Rosalie Johnson in the early 20th century. Crocheted in wool granny squares, in shades primarily of red and blue with green, yellow, white accents. The shorter ends are crocheted in smaller geometric squares. It is backed in a medium weight woven striped cotton of green, red and dark charcoal grey, with fastener tabs and ties at what would be the top of the rocking chair back. It is both hand and machine stitc...
Record Type: Object
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2021.50.1 - Photograph, Black-and-White
A black and white photograph taken by David Elkinson of the photographer Nell Dorr, age 88, in her home at 224 Nettleton Hollow Road in Washington, Connecticut. Nell appears to be sitting at her desk, holding her reading glasses, and laughing at something that is not in the photo. On the front of the photo, at the bottom right of the border, is handwritten in red ink "Dorr, Nell", and beneath that in handwritten black ink is "Elkinson". The right...
Record Type: Photo
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2023.19.30 - Postcard, Picture
A sepia tinted photograph featuring the inside of the Mayflower Inn Tea Room. There is a large firplace in the center with fieldstone surround from the floor to the ceiling. Several chairs are set about the fireplace; a table set with an array of glasses and vases sits to the the left. Verso states Post Card across top. Upper right side says Place Stamp Here surrounded by letters AZO written in a square. Word "Correspondence" is on left side and ...
Record Type: Object
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D 126 - Doll
Spanish female doll in native costume. Plaster coated wood composite. Molded and painted facial features, black eyes, thin eyebrows, and small,closed red mouth. Her hair is a black wig of silk threads, center parted and pulled back in a bun with a red adornment worn at her right cheek. Seated figure screwd to a caned Bentwood rocker, left arm raised holding a (missing) guitar, crossed legs. Wears a floral print dress, long-sleeved, red fl...
Record Type: Object
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F 001 - Chair, Rocking
Broad, four slat-back rocking chair with a splint seat, painted or stained red. 3 arched slats, fourth slat is a narrow piece (possibly a replacement) and a squared top rail. Heavy, cylinder-turned back posts. Back posts are one continuous piece and with ringed turnings. Socketed arms connecting to stubby handholds on heavy turned front posts. Legs joined by seven plain round stretchers. Narrow rockers added to slotted legs.
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F 100 - Chair, Rocking
Slat-back armed rocker painted or stained black with a splint seat. Four arching slats, each slat painted with pink flowering stems, gold border and green pinstriping accents. Rear posts are one continuous piece with finials at the top of the posts. Flat, shaped arms are socketed to turned front posts. Legs are joined by seven stretchers; front stretchers are painted with gold leaf decorations. Rockers added to slotted legs. Shaped piece added to...
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F 101 - Chair, Rocking
Queen Ann styling splat-back rocker with a splint seat. Back with a vase-shaped center splat and a concave yoke-shaped top rail (or crest rail) socketed on turned rear posts. Posts are one continuous piece. Flat, up-curving, half-length arms (or "stepback" arms). Turned arm supports penetrate through seat rails to the stretcher. Turned front posts. Legs joined by four turned stretchers, side stretchers are bulbous-turned. Socketed rockers.
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F 174 - Chair, Potty
Child-size, Hitchcock-type, slat-back chair (converted to a "potty" chair), painted or stained black with gold-leaf motifs and yellow pinstriping accents. Rear posts are one continous piece, ringed accents at midsection, beveled and out-curving towards the top. Rear posts flank three slats graduating in width. Turned front posts. Legs joined by six plain round strectchers. Armrests, arm supports, wood seat with a circular opening, wood platform a...
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F 175 - Chair, Invalid
Wooden wheelchair with cane seat and back. Likely had cane square for back of legs, wooden footrest. Wooden wheel covered in metal, pivoting back metal wheel, wooden armrests. Tag on chair says "possibly belonged to Abiel Sherman Baldwin, father of Winifred Baldwin Seeley"
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F 183 - Chair
Victorian side chair (or 'Gondola' chair) with an open back. Back with a solid center splat attached to a flower and leaf-carved crest or top rail, pierced at its center. Uprights curve forward and rest on seat rail. Tulip-shaped seat is cloth-covered in blue (seat is not attached to seat rail).
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F 184 - Chair
Upholstered, Victorian side chair, made low with demi-arms. Upholstered seat and back is of a pattern of brown-and-orange diamonds (upholstery resembles needlepoint). Framed squarish back is button-tuffted. Crest or top rail is shell-carved at its center with veneered panels below. Carved tassels and veneered panels on uprights. Turned front legs.
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