Antique Piano Stool w Glass Feet Made By Chas Parker Co Meriden CT 19.25\"x14.25\"
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Antique Piano Stool w Glass Feet Made By Chas Parker Co Meriden CT 19.25\"x14.25\":
$119.99
Antique Piano Stool w Glass Feet Made By Chas Parker Co Meriden CT - 19.25\" x14.25\" - Very FINE
Authentic antique piano stool made by the Charles Parker Company of Meriden, Connecticut.Makers\' mark is on the cast iron spindle, at underside of seat. The mahogany stain on thewood is somewhat worn but the color is a fairly even medium brown, more consistent than it appears in the bright light inourphotographs. Per Condition Description: Height is not adjustable.Some nicks, a shallowcrackin seat. Some corrosion on metal fittings that hold the glassfeet (see photos); the metal may be brass.
Measures 19 1/4\" tallx 14 1/4\" across theround seat top. Weighs 14 pounds, estimated package weight is22 pounds.Will be thoroughly padded and carefully packed for secure, intact delivery.
U.S. Shipments: Will be shipped USPS Parcel Select.
Adapted from Wikipedia: The Charles Parker Company was formed in Meriden, Connecticut by Charles Parker in 1832 andwas in operation until the 1970s. Productsincludedmetal ware, Art Brass (now in museums), hardware, lamps, spectacles, and piano stools. Related companies founded by Charles Parker include Parker Brothers (gun manufacturer), Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. (established 1869), and Parker & Whipple Co. clock manufacturers. The company\'sArt Brass waslargely focused on tables and shelves; examples are in the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute museum in Utica, New York, the St. Louis Art Museum, and Yale University Art Gallery.
As of 1868, Charles Parker Company and related initiatives were described as comprising \"four large manufactories, located at different places in Meriden and its vicinity, and some of them comprise so many departments for the manufacture of distinct articles that they might be regarded as several distinct establishments: \"The main factory, consisting of numerous buildings, was estimated to cover two acres in the center of Meriden.\" The Meriden Curtain Fixture Company participated in the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and received an award; Charles Parker Companyparticipated in the 1893 World\'s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. As of 1895, the companywas referred to as \"the largest establishment of the kind in the world\".
In 2005-07, Charles Parker Art Brass designs were featured in the exhibition A Brass Menagerie: Metalwork of the Aesthetic Movement exhibited in Utica and New York City. In 1994-95, the company was included in the Dallas Museum of Art\'s exhibition Silver in America 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor.
Antique Piano Stool w Glass Feet Made By Chas Parker Co Meriden CT 19.25\"x14.25\":
$119.99