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A small chair with square seat and rectangular back with three vertical square slats.
Deportment Chair
A small chair with square seat and rectangular back with three vertical square slats.
A small chair with square seat and rectangular back with three vertical square slats.
Deportment Chair, Unknown Maker (American), c.1835, fruitwood, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Deportment Chair

Datec. 1835
MediumFruitwood
Dimensions37 × 11 1/2 × 12 3/4 inches (94 × 29.2 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Florence Hale Cantacuzene.
Object number1985.6.72.1
On View
Not on view
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThese deportment, or correction, chairs are also known as the Astley Cooper chairs. They were designed by Sir Astley Paston Cooper (1768-1841), a surgeon and anatomist, to correct faulty posture in children.
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