1978.9.1.1

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Details

ID Number

1978.9.1.1

Category

Furnishings

Sub-category

furniture

Item Type

dining

Item Name

chair

Materials

WOOD, WALNUT HAIR, HORSE

Measurements

overall: 34 1/4 in

Description

Black walnut; black haircloth upholstery; balloon-backed; Victorian Rococo style; cabriole front legs; spring belt; pliate tendril pattern carved in backrail. .01nail and thread.

History

Belonged to donor's great-grandmother, Isabella Wigle McCain Ouellette. She married Charles McCain c. 1852. After he died, she married Alexander Ouellette. After his death, she became the proprietress of Ouellette House, a hotel on the corner of Howard.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

French Canadians / Canadiens-français subject

Ouellette House organization

Wigle McCain Ouellette, Isabella person

Windsor (Ont.) place