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- Great Chair, 1650-1675 - Furniture can signify a person's status within a household. This chair's large proportions and expensively turned arm posts and carved rails and seat back would have outshone others in the room. Only the head of the family and honored guests would have used this "great chair." Other family members would be resigned to simpler chairs, benches or stools.
- 1650-1675
- Collections - Artifact
Great Chair, 1650-1675
Furniture can signify a person's status within a household. This chair's large proportions and expensively turned arm posts and carved rails and seat back would have outshone others in the room. Only the head of the family and honored guests would have used this "great chair." Other family members would be resigned to simpler chairs, benches or stools.
- Court Cupboard, Owned by Hannah Barnard, 1710-1720 - This court cupboard is remarkable because it was made for a woman and prominently features her name. It held newlywed Hannah Barnard's precious household belongings -- silver or pewter, ceramics, and linens. In addition to providing storage space, the gloriously decorated cupboard symbolized Hannah's wealth and status and served as a vibrant work of art in her Hadley, Massachusetts, home.
- 1710-1720
- Collections - Artifact
Court Cupboard, Owned by Hannah Barnard, 1710-1720
This court cupboard is remarkable because it was made for a woman and prominently features her name. It held newlywed Hannah Barnard's precious household belongings -- silver or pewter, ceramics, and linens. In addition to providing storage space, the gloriously decorated cupboard symbolized Hannah's wealth and status and served as a vibrant work of art in her Hadley, Massachusetts, home.
- Chest of Drawers, 1680-1700 - Chests of this type were made to hold linens, clothing, and other prized household possessions. This elaborate chest is decorated with carved flowers and vase-shaped turnings, designs copied from English sources.
- 1680-1700
- Collections - Artifact
Chest of Drawers, 1680-1700
Chests of this type were made to hold linens, clothing, and other prized household possessions. This elaborate chest is decorated with carved flowers and vase-shaped turnings, designs copied from English sources.
- Chest, 1665-1690 - This oak chest with a pine lid was made in one of the towns south of Boston, perhaps, Plymouth or Barnstable, on Cape Cod. Chests of this sort were placed in rooms where guests could see their stylish decorations, showing off the wealth and sophistication of the owner. Complete with locking compartments, they were used to store valuable objects and textiles.
- 1665-1690
- Collections - Artifact
Chest, 1665-1690
This oak chest with a pine lid was made in one of the towns south of Boston, perhaps, Plymouth or Barnstable, on Cape Cod. Chests of this sort were placed in rooms where guests could see their stylish decorations, showing off the wealth and sophistication of the owner. Complete with locking compartments, they were used to store valuable objects and textiles.
- Great Chair, 1675-1695 - Furniture can signify a person's status within a household. This chair's large proportions and turned arm posts, stiles, top rail, spindles and finials would have outshone others in the room. Only the head of the family and honored guests would have used this "great chair." Other family members would be resigned to smaller and simpler chairs, benches or stools.
- 1675-1695
- Collections - Artifact
Great Chair, 1675-1695
Furniture can signify a person's status within a household. This chair's large proportions and turned arm posts, stiles, top rail, spindles and finials would have outshone others in the room. Only the head of the family and honored guests would have used this "great chair." Other family members would be resigned to smaller and simpler chairs, benches or stools.