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Turned chair
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Turned chairs – sometimes called thrown chairs or spindle chairs – represent a style of Elizabethan or Jacobean turned furniture that were in vogue in the late 16th and early 17th century England, New
Turned chair, in the Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset, England (Early 17th century)
Turned chair, in the Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset, England (Early 17th century)
The original "Carver's Chair" in an old stereoscopic image.
The original "Carver's Chair" in an old stereoscopic image.
The "Brewster Chair" (shown with a period wicker cradle) is at Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The "Brewster Chair" (shown with a period wicker cradle) is at Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Three-legged chair, British, late 16th–early 17th century
Three-legged chair, British, late 16th–early 17th century
Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)
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The Pilgrims, also known as the Pilgrim Fathers, were the English settlers who traveled to North America on the ship Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony at what now is Plymouth, Massachusett
Turned chair
…Brewster Chair – a four-square turned chair (England or New England, ca. 1630-1670; exhibited at Pilgrim Hall Museum); traditionally associated with Pilgrim elder William Brewster (ca. 1566-1644). "Brewster chairs" have turned spindles in the back, under the seat, and under the arms. Bradford Chair – a…
The Embarkation of the Pilgrims, an 1857 portrait by Robert Walter Weir now housed at Brooklyn Museum
The Embarkation of the Pilgrims, an 1857 portrait by Robert Walter Weir now housed at Brooklyn Museum
Memorial to the departure of congregation members for Holland in 1608, at Immingham on the southern bank of the Humber estuary
Memorial to the departure of congregation members for Holland in 1608, at Immingham on the southern bank of the Humber estuary
Edward Winslow was one of the most influential Pilgrim leaders. He negotiated the treaty with the Wampanoags, he was the Pilgrims' representative to t
Edward Winslow was one of the most influential Pilgrim leaders. He negotiated the treaty with the Wampanoags, he was the Pilgrims' representative to their financial backers in England, and served as governor of Plymouth Colony. This portrait of him is the only portrait of a Pilgrim that was painted from life. It hangs in the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Permission from the city council of Leiden, allowing the Pilgrims to settle there, dated February 12, 1609.
Permission from the city council of Leiden, allowing the Pilgrims to settle there, dated February 12, 1609.