CAMP CHAIR HELP NEEDED!

[LRB]

What Chuck said!

 

[Holley]

Great explaination and completely agree with you.

 

[bocalbender1]

Excellent point.Just as the Gladius would be out of place , so too the chairs.

 

[Robert Egler]

Got it! I understand what you're saying. :thumbsup: Your point is well taken, prior use does not guarantee continued use, and you're primarily interested in the 1700s and 1800s in this discussion, thus my observation that the chair style was common in the middle ages is quite irrelevant. Sorry, bad academic trait; arguing about some trifle point that isn’t at all relevant to main question. :redface:

But since you mentioned the Renfair crowd, just a side comment: To those of us who do serious academic study of any aspect of the middle ages (in my case medieval astronomy specifically, but I’ve studied medieval history seriously for 25+ years), the SCA and RenFair people are joke. Their version of “medieval PC” usually makes the lowest-budget Hollywood “mountain man” film look like a documentary. :rotf: I wouldn't take their accepting or not accepting something as period correct as worth a hill of beans, to put it politely.

 

[bocalbender1]

The C does stand for creative after all :v Unfortunately , any group that tries to recreate another time period is going to have their share of folks that close enough gets it done. Ren fair is all Hollywood film type, but there are many SCA folk I know personally who take great pains to do the legwork and research.Documentation is a must. Primary sources are not paintings from later periods or styalized renderings. Museum pieces and archeologic specimines are what they go by. Alas , what most folk see are the folks with the polyester "REN" look schlock and those with the inkle looms. OOP. Please don't paint them all in such a broad stroke.BB

 

[Robert Egler]

Quite true, I was a bit too broad in my condemnation. I'm sure there are those who take the study of the period seriously, and find the aluminum mail and polyester tabards as silly as I do. :surrender:

Let us get back to speaking of muzzleloaders! :v

 

[bocalbender1]

Too True. I am here to learn of the ML world also. :hatsoff:

 

[Bullmoose]

Washington's fold stool is nothing but a so called fishing stool we use today,
I pick these at garage sells and have a half dozen sitting around my lodge. They are not for big people, but do hold up with children and skinny folks. I know they come with a nylon seat, soooooo, I just make a canvas cover for them all. Old style wooden benches are more PC and hold up very well with heavy use. :thumbsup:

 

[omarick1948]

And to think that I was just trying to get some idea's for making a couple camp chairs!

 

And to think that I was just trying to get some idea's for making a couple camp chairs!

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Outside of art work, which we all know is totally unreliable as a documentation source, is their any primary source evidence that people of the 18th century ever sat down?

Remember that we need 2 or more journal or diary entries and listing of at least one chair stolen by a runaway, preferably listed in the Draper Manuscripts, acceptable by all parties and confirmed valid by Supreme Court decision.

Seats in outhouses do not count and relics must be labeled with date and signed by the maker and two witnesses that saw the chair being built. Repaired chairs are unacceptable unless the repair is documented and verified by court record.

Shipping manifests are acceptable but must be the origional copy and only English language documents since we are dealing with Scot-Irish/English heritage. Spanish will be accepted only in the southwest and French only above the present Canadian border.

References to "sitting around the campfire" will not be accepted as meaning chairs were present.

:surrender: :bull: :bull: :surrender:

 

[bocalbender1]

:v

 

[hobbles]

Mornin horner75
chair
chair-2
chair-3

 

[PitchyPine]

Nice lookin chair Hobbles. :thumbsup:

 

[mmahlock]

I always find the discussion of chairs during this time period amusing with all the opinions and declarations. :surrender:

On this note, a while back I was cruising the on-line antique shops looking for folding English or French chairs from the late 18th early 19th centuries, Georgian period, and Regency period. During this search I stumbled across a shop selling several mid 18th century chairs just like the one you provided photos of. The identified them as "African Birthing Chairs" Unfortunately I failed to save a copy of the chairs and information but it is not something I'll soon forget. :hatsoff:

 

[hobbles]

PitchyPine
:hatsoff:

Sir Michael
""African Birthing Chairs""
Hmmm,,Interesting,,