Highchair
circa 1700 (Date manufactured/created)
Maple; rush
You probably recognize this as a highchair, but may wonder how a child stayed seated without today’s locking plastic trays. Children were tied into highchairs with cloth strips around their waists. The splayed legs of this high chair helped to prevent the child from tipping the chair over. It was made in the Connecticut shore area and was owned by the Hubbard and Butler families of Guilford. The chair has been altered at some point. Three inches have been added to each of the legs in order to use the chair at a taller table.
HW1952.001