Nantucket Child’s Windsor Fan-Back Armchair, circa 1781, in old black paint and dated 1781 in yellow paint on back-rail with additional highlights on crest and spindles. The Windsor chair was made for Polly Coffin (b. 24 Nov. 1779) daughter of Whaleman Bartlett Coffin (b. 18 May 1748) and Rebecca Folger
(b. 3 June 1758). Polly Coffin married Joseph Chase Jun. (b. 9 Sept. 1778) of Nantucket, and he was lost at sea in 1807. This chair’s history was kept by the family’s record keeper ‘Aunt Charlotte King’ of Hussey Street, Nantucket. Polly Chase’s headstone may be found in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Seat Height 12 in.
Total Height to Crest Rail 31 ½ in.