General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

93.0 cm

Width

38.0 cm

Height

5.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Vessel parts

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HERALD

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Gore's Landing

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

SOMETIME BETWEEN C. 1862 AND THE 1920'S WHEN THE HERALD FAMILY WAS IN THE BOATBUILDING BUSINESS

Canada

THE HERALD FAMILY WERE EARLY BOATBUILDERS IN ONTARIO. DANIEL HERALD, AN EARLY BUILDER OF THE "CANADIAN CANOE" AND DESIGNER OF THE"HERALD PATENT" MOULD FOR CEDAR CANOE CONSTRUCTION, WAS THE FOUNDER, IN 1862, OF THE BOAT BUILDING BUSINESS WHICH ULTIMATELY BECAME THE RICE LAKE CANOE CO.

Function

USED TO PROVIDE A SUPPORT FOR PERSONS SITTING IN A BOAT. THESE SEATS WERE MAINLY USED BY WOMEN.

Technical

PART OF A COLLECTION OF TOOLS, PATTERNS, CANOE PARTS, ETC. FROM A SMALL BOAT BUILDING BUSINESS WHICH OPERATED BETWEEN THE 1860'S AND 1920'S IN ONTARIO.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED INTO BACK OF DETACHED SLAT: 'BIRD'/.2 INCISED INTO FRONT AND BACK OF MIDDLE SLAT: 'BIRD'

Missing

.1 A NUMBER OF SLATS FOR THE SEAT/ .2 ENTIRE SEAT

Finish

STAINED AND VARNISHES

Decoration

N/A