19th Century Pierced Bentwood Chair

Datec. 1880-1890

Credit LineGift of Jessie Robins, 1980

Object number1980.021.003

Label TextLondon children who attended Sunday School at the First Congregational Church, later renamed Beecher United Church, sat in this chair with a wood veneer seat. The First Congregational Church opened in 1876. After it closed as a church in 1947, the building became London’s first Aeolian Hall. All but the tower was destroyed in a 1968 fire. Now called the “London Tower,” it is a heritage property.

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