Child's armchair
about 1820
Object PlacePossibly Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, oak, pine (by sight)
DimensionsOverall: 46.4 x 34.9 x 42.5 cm (18 1/4 x 13 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton
Accession number57.704
ClassificationsFurniture
InscriptionsPencil inscription on inside of front rail of slip seat reads: "1/2 lb Old Hair."ProvenanceTraditionally the chair was used by Miss Norton's father, Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), and others of his family as children at "Shady Hill," Cambridge. Andrews Norton (1786-1853) married Catharine Eliot in 1821; their son Charles Eliot Norton married Susan Sedgwick (d. 1872) in1862; by descent to their daughter Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, who gave the chair to the MFA in1957 (Accession Date November 14, 1957); October 25, 2012, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
