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1964.114

ID Number: 1964.114
Category: Furnishings
Sub-category: furniture
Item Name: chair
Maker: Tunks, Robert
Date: c. 1860
Materials: WOOD, UNKNOWN LEATHER, UNKNOWN
Measurements: overall: 37 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in
Description: turned back posts with ball finials; three bowed slats; two front and side stretchers; one back stretcher
History: It was said by the donor to have been brought from England by her great grandfather Robert Tunks who settled in the Bothwell region (Zone Twp, Kent County), and was probably made by him. Tunks a basketmaker moved to Bothwell Zone Township, Kent County when oil was discovered there. Bothwell's boom ended in 1867, when the field was drowned by salt water.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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Kent County (Ont.) place

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