Can you guess what this mysterious Victorian-era chair was used for? I wouldn't have guessed, I know. I'll post the link that answers the riddle tomorrow, to give you a little time to ponder.Hint: we use other things for the same purpose today, but this particular use of a chair never really caught on.
It dates from the 1840s.
It is not Queen Victoria's children's high chair.
Have fun and I'll post a link to the answer tomorrow! If I can keep finding things I might make this a regular feature of Dime Museum. And maybe I will think of some other fun odd-history-related things to do here, too.
14 comments:
Is it like a scale? I notice the accordion pleating under the chair as if it rises and falls depending on how big you are.
FreshHell - Excellent guess! But I am not telling...yet.
It looks like those chairs in railroad stations where men sit to get their shoes polished.
The bellows function that FreshHell brings up is a great observation. Something to do with a musical instrument like an organ perhaps?
Probably not an early form of air conditioning, lol.
A commode?
Makes me think of an adjustable-height barber's chair from before the development of mechanical chairs
It does look like it concertinas...but I'm not sure, for medicinal purposes perhaps. Or maybe heated?
Hi everybody - Those are all excellent guesses but no one's got it yet! ;)
I'm going to go with some kind of torture device like an electric chair.
I'm with Patricia Rockwell. I'm thinking shoe polishing. Nice chair. :-)
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Either Shoe Shines or pedicures.
Is it an early version of the barber's chair?
Is it an early version of the barber's chair?
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