Chair from ship RESOLUTE

caned chair

FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS - WATERCRAFT
USA, CT, New London
Before 1855
wood; metal
Overall: 30 1/2 x 17 x 18 1/2 in.

Cane seated chair; painted olive green with black and gold; metal label "THIS CHAIR WAS IN/ THE CABIN OF THE/ RESOLUTE/ DISCOVERED IN THE ARCTIC/ BY A NEW LONDON WHALER"; found by Capt. James M. Buddington on board RESOLUTE in Baffin Bay, 1855. Buddington commanded whaler GEORGE HENRY. One of 3 non-identical chairs 33.167 - 33.169. See "Antiques", 12/1976, p. 1298; 4/1976, p. 753; also, C. Montgomery, "Federal Furniture", #472, p. 489.

1933.167