Doll's high chair
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Wood and metal
Measurements
630 mm (height); 310 mm (width); 310 mm (depth)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659597
Summary
A wooden high chair for a doll, with turned legs, the front pair of which are hinged so the chair can be converted to a low chair and table (circa 1900). The top of the back has a line-and-scroll design marked out in black paint. At the front end of each arm is a slot with holes running through the arm at each side, probably for inserting a safety bar. The base, which becomes the table, has a lip on the three far sides, a metal bar with wooden beads threaded on at each side, and a transfer-printed sillhouette design near the centre. In this position there is a small black-painted metal wheel screwed to each corner, which lie next to each other when the chair is in its 'high' position. At the base of the chair, at the point where the chair hinges, there is a footrest. Accompanying the chair is a small square cushion covered in red silk, which has a frill made from the same fabric. The chair is quite dirty, some of the varnish has worn off, the main piece of the base is quite split and very warped, and the metal is rusty (the wheels have a greasy substance on them). Total number of items is two