Wheelchair
Mattel Inc
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
1998
Materials
Plastic replica wheelchair
Measurements
200 mm (Width) x 95 mm (Depth)
Place of origin
China
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672590.3
Summary
A replica plastic wheelchair, one of six accessories included with a Becky I'm The School Photographer doll manufactured by Mattel. The wheelchair has a sliver frame with a red seat and back rest and red handle grips on the curved handles behind the seat. It has two large wheels at the back and two smaller wheels at the front, all with black tyres. In front of the two smaller wheels there are two black plastic foot rests. Attached to each of the large wheels is a circular black plastic pushing ring. Pushing rings are used by the occupant of a wheelchair to propel themselves forwards and backwards. At the time of cataloguing (September 2023) the wheelchair does not appear to have ever been removed from its original cardboard box packaging.
Provenance
Accessory included with a doll manufactured by Mattel Inc. in 1998. Purchased by the National Trust Museum of Childhood via ebay in August 2020 as part of the Collecting Cultures 'Exploring Childhoods' project.
Makers and roles
Mattel Inc , manufacturer