94 results for: Furniture
Collapsible silk bengaline top hat, ca. 1880
This top hat was made in New York and sold at the Bennett-Gaffney Company, a hat, clothing and furniture store around the turn of the 20th century in Seattle.
ID Number:1975.6098.1M802
Date:Circa 1880
Rocking chair, ca. 1866
Hiram C. Gill was a Seattle City Councilman for several terms from 1898 - 1907, then Mayor of Seattle twice, first in 1910, and then again in 1914. This chair came from his childhood home in Wisconsin and his mother rocked him in it as a baby. Somehow, it ended up with the Stimson family of Seattle.
ID Number:1976.6349
Date:Circa 1866
Desk of Governor Isaac Stevens, ca. 1852-1853
Isaac Ingalls Stevens was the first governor of Washington Territory, appointed by President Franklin Pierce. Able, ambitious and determined, Stevens graduated first in his class at West Point, and rose quickly in the Engineers Corps, in combat during the Mexican War, and later in the Coast and Geodetic Survey. A lifelong Democrat, Stevens ran for the Territorial legislature, but his…
ID Number:1980.7094.417
Date:1825-1853
ION armchair from Space Needle revolving restaurant, 1962
The iconic Space Needle in Seattle was built for the 1962 World's Fair, entitled "Century 21" celebrating new innovation and technology and a futuristic theme. The revolving restaurant, "Eye of the Needle," opened for the fair and soon became a top dining destination for Seattleites and visitors to the city. Gideon Kramer, a Seattle designer, artist, inventor, teacher, builder, lecturer,…
ID Number:1981.7348.1
Date:1962
Operating room auxiliary table, ca. 1920
This table was first used in Seattle General Hospital (established in 1895) from about 1919 to 1939. It was located adjacent to the Operating Room and held sterile wraps, gloves, towels, drapes, and various instruments for ready use. Dr. Erroll Rawson purchased the table in 1940 and used it as an instrument cart until the 1970s when he retired.
ID Number:1981.7389.22
Date:Circa 1920
Windsor side chair made in the University "Boarding House," 1861-1862
This chair was made by D.C. Beatty who was an early settler in Olympia but came to Seattle when the Territorial University was being built in 1861 on the corner of Seneca Street and Fourth Avenue. Beatty made most of the desks, chairs and benches used in the University.
ID Number:1984.65.1
Date:1861-1862
RCA Television Set, 1948
Robert Priebe donated this television set to MOHAI. He helped found Seattle's first TV station, KRSC-TV, now KING-TV. The first broadcast from KRSC was Thanksgiving Day, 1948. This TV set was given to Priebe by the television manufacturer RCA in 1948.
ID Number:1984.87.1
Date:1948
Folding stool from a Lake Washington ferry, ca. 1930
Captain John Anderson started the Anderson Steamboat Company and Lake Washington Ferries, providing ferry service across Lake Washington before roads and bridges connected Eastside communities to Seattle. Anderson bought his first passenger steamer, the Winnifred, in 1895, and by 1909, held a monopoly on Lake steamers. The company was in direct competition with King County ferry services. He made most…
ID Number:1986.8.1
Date:Circa 1930
Side chair made by Henry Van Asselt, ca. 1860s
Henry Van Asselt settled in the Seattle area in 1851, intending to make his living through agriculture. When his first homestead was burned in the Battle of Seattle of 1856, he left the area for the Willamette Valley of Oregon, where he polished his cabinet-making skills. He opened up a cabinet shop upon his return to Seattle, and his furniture…
ID Number:1988.33.1
Date:Circa 1860
Slat back side chair made by Henry Van Asselt for the Maple family, 1870s
Henry Van Asselt settled in the Seattle area in 1851, intending to make his living through agriculture. When his first homestead was burned in the Battle of Seattle of 1856, he left the area for the Willamette Valley of Oregon, where he polished his cabinet-making skills. He opened up a cabinet shop upon his return to Seattle, and his furniture…
ID Number:1988.34.1
Date:Circa 1870