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97/232/9 Office chair (in 2 parts), belonging to Sir George Reid, wood/wicker/metal, [United States, 1900-1914]
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Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
Tony Palmer, TIAS valuer, has suggested that this type of chair was commonly imported from North America between 1900 and 1914.
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
Anne Fairbairn believes that this chair was a particular favourite of Sir George's and he used it specially after his car accident in 1911.
This chair has remained in the Reid family since Sir George's death in 1918.

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Description
Office chair (in 2 parts), belonging to Sir George Reid, wood/wicker/metal, [United States, 1900-1914]
Wooden swivel office chair, with woven wicker seat and upper back. The lower back consists of 9 turned spindles and two curved arm rests. The chair rests on a metal strut and central vertical axle. The axle sits inside a hole within the wooden, four legged base, thus allowing the chair to swivel. The chair can be removed from the chair base as the appropriate locking screw mechanism has rusted.
(-1) Chair
(-2) Chair base

Maker: unknown; North America; 1900 - 1914


User: Reid, George; Australia

Owner: Reid, George; Australia
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
97/232/9
Production date
1900 - 1914
Height
910 mm
Width
460 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Gift of Ms Anne Fairbairn, 1997
Subjects:
+ Australian politics
+ Federation
+ World War I
+ Domestic life


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