Now through – October 30, 2010 
Sitting Pretty:  Plank Bottom Chairs of Cumberland County
Guest-curated by local author and historian Merri Lou Schaumann, this exhibit encompasses the colorful world of plank bottom chairs from their creation in the workshop to their home in the parlor. Showcased in 19th century room settings, you will see how the trends of the day affected the styles and decoration of plank bottom chairs, and you will come away from the exhibit with a new appreciation for these chairs and the men who made them. 
 

Did you know that the plank bottom chair is related to the Windsor chair?  As you walk down the hallway, you’ll learn how.   Then let the Miller Gallery put you in the nineteenth century to see these chairs as they would have been used.  First, an 1820s vignette shows classically-influenced chairs situated among period furnishings.  The second area shows a mid-century revolution in style and how chairs also changed.  To learn more about how chairs were made, follow the signs upstairs to the Bullock family workshop.