Record #:

16225

Author(s):

Beck, Raymond

Abstract:

The state commissioned Thomas Constantine to design for the North Carolina State House. A fire destroyed the state house on June 21, 1831 and only the Senate Speaker's Chair and a portrait of George Washington survived. Based on Constantine's drawings, Cornelius J. Tooker, a Fayetteville cabinetmaker, built the chair.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Jan 1993, p25-30, il

Subject(s):

Furniture, Early American