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Chair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Chair
Chair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-12226
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Chair
Description:
Carved dark wood. Seat and back resemble scallop shells. Arms resemble sea serpents. Four legs resemble rough tree branches. Note on ribbon across seat indicated that chair may have been used in Daniel Somes's house. Ellsworth furniture restorer David Williams saw this chair; his research indicated that it may be a ninetheenth Venetian grotto chair, which was intended for hallways and aimed to be sold to visitors on their European tours. (ABenson12/22/2014) [show more]
Chair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Chair
Chair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-12221
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Chair
Collection:
  • Study Collection
Description:
Light brown wood with carved back. Upholstered seat of gray brocade. Upholstery very worn. Spring pushed through underside of cushion. Chair sturdy.
Chair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Chair
  • mid to late 19th c
Chair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-12028
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Chair
Date:
  • mid to late 19th c
Description:
Child sized chair. Maybe a doll chair. Bent wood back with strip of wood from chair seat to bent wood. Painted black with gold trim and angels drinking wine. Soldier boy on seat. Donor info - belonged to Lucie Pray, the daughter of Kate and Lester Pray of Somesville.