| Maker(s): | Tolman, A. & Co.
| | Culture: | American
| | Title: | chaise
| | Date Made: | ca. 1840
| | Type: | Transportation
| | Materials: | oil cloth, wool broadcloth, wool carpet, close plated brass, paint, leather, wood
| | Place Made: | United States; Massachusetts; Worcester
| | Accession Number: | HD 72.112
| | Credit Line: | Frank L. Boyden bequest
| | Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Description: Single seat, folding top with oval light (window), off-white wool broadcloth headlining, leather seat with diamond squabbing on back, square squabbing on seat and rolled arm rests with side pockets, patterned wool pile carpet on floor, close plated hardware (prop nuts, dash rail), body black with cherries painted on side, cantilever suspension, maker’s plate tacked onto edge of body over leather top. Body painted black, undercarriage black with green striping. Fragments of oil cloth. Accessories: none Condition: top torn, surface dirt, some embedded in varnish, water damage, esp. floor carpet, insect & rodent damage, fabric and leather torn, tarnished silver plate, rust, glass set in leather top missing, reticulated varnish, extensive paint loss on wheels and shafts, water damage. PL hub nut missing, dash torn, shrunk from frame, torn rear roll-up curtain
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