Wheelchair
Category
Carriages & other vehicles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, leather and iron
Measurements
820 mm (H); 530 mm (W); 615 mm (D)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332359
Summary
Wheelchair - Simple wooden mobile chair with wooden seat. Wooden wheels with iron rim. The two back wheels are on castors. Leather cuffs are found on the arms. In notebook no.5, page 103 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Large Garret no.80 Wheeled Chair Used by a Criple at St. Neots, Hants. painted buff, it is built to take to pieces.' Sketch alongside.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 103