Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020005
Description
Wooden dental chair with metal supports on either side, allowing seat back to recline while raising footrest; chair and metal are painted green; brown wooden armrests each supported by three pieces of green-painted wood; footrest is painted green with remnants of linoleum top; headrest with remnant…
Wooden dental chair with metal supports on either side, allowing seat back to recline while raising footrest; chair and metal are painted green; brown wooden armrests each supported by three pieces of green-painted wood; footrest is painted green with remnants of linoleum top; headrest with remnants of a red fabric covering; brown leather bolted to seat and seat back with metal studs.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Dates
1890
1900
circa 1890-1900
Date Remarks
Based on donor's remarks
Material
wood: brown
metal: red
linoleum: brown
paint: green
fabric: red, yellow
Permanent Location
Storage Room W2
W2-538-4-1
Dimension Notes
Length 1.26 m x Width 93.0 cm x Depth 49.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Metal heavily corroded, especially on bolts; paint peeling or gone from most of chair; linoleum on footrest almost completely gone; fabric on headrest almost completey worn off; wood is scratched and worn all over
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
JPG
Reference Comments
CD #9
Research Facts
Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008; this chair was found in rural Quebec