Miniature chair

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This miniature wooden chair was made by a joiner on the Duke of Bedford's Cairnsmore Estate in Wigtonshire at the beginning of the 20th century. It may have been a model for a full-scale chair or a possibly a toy.

Model cane-bottomed armchair, used as a sample chair by a joiner on the Duke of Bedford's Cairnsmore Estate, Wigtownshire, 1900 - 1920

The style of the chair is that of about 1830-40.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-630-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.SS 15
• Date: 1900 - 1920
  Between 1900 and 1920
  
• Material: Cane
  Armchair / model
  
• Dimensions: 253 mm H x 173 mm W; 125 mm H to seat
  
• What: Armchair / model
  
• Subject: Household accessories, miscellaneous (NMAS Classification)
  
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• Where: Scotland, Wigtownshire (Duke of Bedford's Cairnsmore Estate)
  
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