Bench
Bench with punched lettering, "Our Sabbath Home," Mount Lebanon, NY
ca. 1890s
Description
Children's bench. Back and seat are a single piece of pressed wood secured to bench frame along top and bottom with 41 brass rivets each. Pressed wood is pierced with holes in decorative pattern of five large arches with shorter arches in between. Below arches is the motto "Our Sabbath Home"; the four seats are patterned with a star inside three concentric circles which bisects two rectangles. Ends are cut to three rounded steps at "arm rest" and bottom cut to create integral feet.
New York Mount Lebanon North Family
