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Asian
Middle Eastern ➔ Case
Identifier:
113000Description:
Small wood case consisting of black-lacquered wood shell with reddish wood inserts. A single, thin, black cord is threaded through cylinders that run the length of each edge of the shell, which is also perforated with four diamond-spaces in the middle. A red spiral is etched into the exposed insert.Materials:
WoodDimensions:
3.5" h 1.75" w 0.75" dCurrent Location Status:
In StorageSource:
Gift Of Estate Of David Walcott KendallRelated Entity:
Estate of David Wolcott Kendall (donor)David Wolcott Kendall was born in 1851 to a father who was a cabinetmaker in Rochester, New York. David learned the trade and in 1879 he joined the Phoenix Furniture Co., in Grand Rapids, MI, becoming one of the major furniture designers of the era.
His version of the Morris Chair became known as the “McKinley Chair” after President William McKinley selected one for installation in the White House. Kendall was also credited with developing an office chair that revolves and reclines.
He died February 16, 1910, in Mexico City, while on a tour of inspection and study of architecture. In 1928 his second wife Helen gave the money in his memory to establish Kendall School of Art and Design. The David Wolcott Kendall Memorial School was housed in the old Kendall homestead at 145 Fountain Street.
(Sources: https://devkcad.ferris.edu/uploads/docs/1978_History_of_Kendall.pdf; David Wolcott Kendall (1851-1910) - Find a Grave Memorial