Highchair
Object number2019.108.1 a,b
Datec. 1888
MediumWood; Varnish; Metal; Iron; Natural fibers; Horsehair
Credit LineGift of Robin Eichleay
DescriptionChild's highchair. Dark red-brown varnished wood. Rectangular wooden seat back has carved frieze. Trapezoidal wooden seat bottom has carved apron. Seat back and seat bottom have cushions consisting of woven black horsehair edged with brown woven natural fiber trim that is painted black and containing cushion of unknown material. Two wooden arms have two carved bands along the sides and each has an iron(?) head mounted underneath the front of the arm where the tray originally attached; the tray is not intact. Two turned wooden front legs have two turned wooden spindles between them and footrest mounted on front. Two rectangular wooden rear legs flare backward slightly. Two wooden spindles on the left, right, and rear sides.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 34.25 × 16.125 × 20 in. (87 × 41 × 50.8 cm)Historical NotesThis highchair was used by Roy A. Eichleay. Roy’s father, John Eichleay, Jr., was born in Birmingham (South Side) in 1854 and was an assistant building inspector for the city before starting a house moving company in the 1880s. All of the sons joined the family business. It was passed down through the Eichleay family.Label TextBorn in 1888, Roy A. Eichleay grew up in Birmingham, now the South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh. His father John Eichleay Jr. worked as a city building inspector before founding a structural moving company in 1875 that is still in business today. This treasured keepsake passed down through the family.
Previous owner
Roy A. Eichleay
(born 1888)
Related person
John Eichleay Jr.
(born 1854)
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c. 1920
c. 1872
1906
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