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- Child's Hitchcock Chair, 1825-1865 - Entrepreneur Lambert Hitchcock dreamed of manufacturing affordable furniture, using uniform parts that were quickly and cheaply made by machine and easy to assemble. By the late 1820s, Hitchcock's Connecticut factory was turning out some 15,000 chairs per year. The chairs were so popular during their heyday that many competitors tried to imitate their look.
- 1825-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Child's Hitchcock Chair, 1825-1865
Entrepreneur Lambert Hitchcock dreamed of manufacturing affordable furniture, using uniform parts that were quickly and cheaply made by machine and easy to assemble. By the late 1820s, Hitchcock's Connecticut factory was turning out some 15,000 chairs per year. The chairs were so popular during their heyday that many competitors tried to imitate their look.
- Oil Painting, Portrait of Morgan Hunting by Ammi Phillips, circa 1830 -
- circa 1830
- Collections - Artifact
Oil Painting, Portrait of Morgan Hunting by Ammi Phillips, circa 1830
- Portrait of Julia Barton Hunting by Ammi Phillips, circa 1830 - Ammi Phillips was an itinerant portrait painter, working in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and eastern New York. Like other "Folk" painters, he employed standard poses yet meticulously individualized the sitter's face and hair and added other personalized touches. This mid-1820s painting of Julia Barton Hunting along with one of her husband may have been commissioned as wedding portraits. The couple moved to Michigan in 1849.
- circa 1830
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Julia Barton Hunting by Ammi Phillips, circa 1830
Ammi Phillips was an itinerant portrait painter, working in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and eastern New York. Like other "Folk" painters, he employed standard poses yet meticulously individualized the sitter's face and hair and added other personalized touches. This mid-1820s painting of Julia Barton Hunting along with one of her husband may have been commissioned as wedding portraits. The couple moved to Michigan in 1849.
- Hitchcock Chair Company Trade Catalog, "The True Hitchcock Chair," 1955 -
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
Hitchcock Chair Company Trade Catalog, "The True Hitchcock Chair," 1955
- Side Chair, Created by Lambert Hitchcock, 1825-1835 - Inspired by the bustling clock industry in his native Connecticut, Lambert Hitchcock applied early mass production techniques to making furniture. Constructed using uniform parts made quickly by machine and easy to assemble, Hitchcock chairs were attractive, durable, and inexpensive. They became so popular in the 1820s that they were widely imitated by competitors.
- 1825-1835
- Collections - Artifact
Side Chair, Created by Lambert Hitchcock, 1825-1835
Inspired by the bustling clock industry in his native Connecticut, Lambert Hitchcock applied early mass production techniques to making furniture. Constructed using uniform parts made quickly by machine and easy to assemble, Hitchcock chairs were attractive, durable, and inexpensive. They became so popular in the 1820s that they were widely imitated by competitors.