Artist
ELLIOTT, ALICE
Carved Hall Chair
Datec. 1890s
Credit LineGift of Shirley Brown, Boucherville, Quebec, great granddaughter of Alice Elliott, 2009.
Object number2009.027.026
Label TextLondoner Alice Priscilla Elliott (1873-1948) carved this hall chair while a student at Hellmuth Ladies’ College from 1888 to 1890. Can you see the letters “A” and “E” entwined on the backrest? Hellmuth Ladies’ College operated for 30 years from 1869 to 1899. Students learned the arts and sciences, the “useful branches of female learning and ‘accomplishment’,” and good morals and religion.
Elliott may have continued her connection with Hellmuth Ladies College after completing her studies but that ended after her 1895 marriage to Frank Chalton. The couple had one daughter, Kathleen, before Frank’s sudden death in 1898. Alice married George Edmison in about 1900 and sometime in the 1900s, they moved to western Canada. They returned regularly for family visits until Priscilla Elliott, Alice’s mother, passed away.
NameChair, Hall
