Description:
Side chair or back stool upholstered in Greenfield in May, 1973 with part of an eighteenth-century crewel embroidered coverlet (F.774) acquired by the Flynts. According to family tradition, the chair descended in the family of Joseph Barnard (1717-1785) of Deerfield, who built the Manse between 1768-1772. The original owner may have been his son, Samuel Barnard (1746-1819), who with his wife, Abigail Upham Barnard (4 Jan.1745/46-1826), moved the family from the Manse on Main Street, Deerfield, to Montgomery, Vermont, in 1795 after financial difficulties. Abigail Upham Barnard, originally from Brookfield, Massachusetts, was the sister of James Upham (1755-1827). James married Elizabeth Barnard (1767-1851), daughter of Salah Barnard (1725-1795), and was briefly in business partnership with John Williams (1751-1816) of Deerfield until James and his family moved from Deerfield, eventually also settling in Montgomery, Vermont. Samuel and Abigail's son, Charles Barnard (1781-1869) moved to Boston where he married his first wife, Sarah [MIddleton] Bent (b. ca. 1786- d. after 1821) of Milton, Massachusetts, in 1805/6. Charles Barnard became a very successful commission merchant in the South American trade in partnership with Israel Munson (1767-1844), and the family belonged to The Manifesto Church in Brattle Square. They also had a house in Milton, which is now known as the Upton House of Milton Academy. After the death of his first wife, Charles married Eleanor Walker of Boston in 1839. The donor John Hedrick, who donated other Barnard family pieces in the HD collection, is a descendent of Charles Barnard through Charles and Sarah's daughter, Anne Middleton Barnard (1821-1878) who married William Augusta Davis (1819-1898) and moved to Winchester, Virginia. Ann and William's daughter, Susan Lyman Davis (1844-1927), married Daniel Burr Conrad (1831-1898) in 1871, and their daughter Eleanor Barnard Conrad (1883-1950) married Adam Clarke Carson (1869-1941) in 1907. Eleanor and Adam's daughter Susan Davis Carson (1909-1987) married John Sherman Hedrick (1902-1955); their son is the donor, John Adam Hedrick (b.1934). The chair has a slightly curved crest rail, concave/scooped seat, straight front legs and compressed stretchers, and flared, chamfered back legs. According to the dealer who sold the crewel textile, it belonged to the Sheldon family of Deerfield; however, there is no documentation for this.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Mahogany Link to share this object record:
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