This little child’s chair has been handed down through our family for many generations.  I can remember my grandfather reeling off a long list of names of all the children who would have sat in it.  I think it dates to the early 1800’s and was originally a high chair which stood on a table/stand to be used at table or could be taken off and the stand used as a table.  The stand, if it existed, is long gone and the little chair has obviously seen some hard times.  One of the front legs has been completely replaced and the remaining one is cracked and has been repaired.  Someone must have loved this little chair a lot to have taken so much time to repair it.

Here’s a photograph from around 1905 showing my great-great grandmother surrounded by all her grandchildren.  My grandfather is the little boy perched on the arm of her chair and his sister stands behind him.  Look closely at the little girl in the bottom right of the picture – she is sitting in the little chair.

I made a little rag rug seat pad to fit it as the old fabric had faded a lot, and have also added a little leather cushion I made as it looked just right.  The cushion was made as a sample for a potential buyer but they didn’t want it.  I don’t mind – it suits the little chair just fine!