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Black Windsor Chair

Black bamboo Windsor chair from Hinsdale auction. Possibly originally in the Lane house. Nine spindles.

Object number: 1976.26.1

Dimensions: 36” tall; depth seat 16 1/4”; width seat 17 1/4” front and 18 3?8” back

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilkinson

Estimated age 1770.



What visitors say

Thank you so much for leading us on a guided tour of the Joel Lane House! I had no idea that the kitchen was separate from the main house, and how different the two are. I had always assumed that the most dangerous job for a slave was in the fields, but your expertise showed me that the kitchen (because of the heat and potential for fire) was actually the most dangerous for a slave woman…

Maggie