Highchair

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OBJECT TYPE: fixed/ hinged table
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0180.001

MANUFACTURER: Lepine, Maurice Ltée
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Joliette, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: wood

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 51.0 cm
Width: 45.5 cm
Height: 101.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Child care
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Lepine
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Joliette

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1950 - 1990
Canada: Made and used in Canada.
Function: To secure child while child is eating.
Technical: An example of a wooden high chair used in Canadian households in the 1950's. The chair has been safely used for many decades, even after safety standards made it obsolete.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Mfr's decal on the back of the highchair:" [logo]/ M L/ Maurice Lepine Ltee, Ltd/ JOLIETTE, QUE."
Missing: The high chair is missing the foot rest and the strap that ties down the high chair table.
Finish: Clear finish on the wood.
Decoration: On the front of the highchair back is a decal showing a child asleep on the haystack, bugle on the ground next to the child and a sheep peering out from behind the haystack.

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Lepine, Maurice Ltée, Highchair, circa 1950, Artifact no. 2010.0180, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0180.001/

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