Chair

A chair with a carved back and turned wooden feet, upholstered in brown, uncut moquette. It was part of the furniture of the Stromness Whaling Station on South Georgia, traditionally regarded as the suite sat on by Shackleton, Worsley and Crean after crossing the Island on 19 May 1916. See AAA3415 - AAA3420.

Object Details

ID: AAA3420
Type: 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: 1118 mm x 483 mm x 483 mm