Hitchcock chair
A black-painted chair with fruit stencilled in gold, made in series in Connecticut.
Lambert Hitchcock (1795–1852) was one of the first in America to make chairs from interchangeable parts in a factory. They sold cheaply all over the country and became a classic; examples are in the Metropolitan Museum and Winterthur.
Materials: Maple or birch, black or red-brown paint, bronze powder; cane or rush seat
Manufacture: Parts turned in series and assembled from interchangeable pieces; decoration stencilled with bronze powder.
Golden fruit and leaves stencilled on the broad crest rail.
The factory stamp L. HITCHCOCK. HITCHCOCKS-VILLE. CONN. on the back rail of the seat.