Carver chair

A carver chair with carved arms and back and turned wooden feet, upholstered in brown, uncut moquette. It formed part of the furniture of the manager's villa at the Stromness Whaling Station on South Georgia and was traditionally regarded as the suite sat on by Shackleton, Worsley and Crean after crossing the Island on 19 May 1916. It originally comprised seven items - a settee, two carvers and four dining chairs. See AAA3415 - AAA3420.

Object Details

ID: AAA3416
Type: Carver chair
Display location: Not on display
Events: Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
Date made: circa 1912
People: Shackleton, Ernest Henry; Worsley, Frank Arthur Crean, Tom
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 49 in x 27 in x 25 in