Roorkhee camp chair, Captain H K Clough, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), Boer War, 1902 (c)
chair, camp, chair, camp
Accession Number
NAM.1973-07-7-1
Description
Roorkhee camp chair, Captain H K Clough, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), Boer War, 1902 (c). Stained oak frame with four lathe turned legs ending a knobbed feet, and joined by wooden struts; leather straps are fixed to the tops on the legs and form arm rests; the joints pull apart and each piece is marked with a numeral; the seat is of pale green canvas and fixes to the frame by two bars which pass through the top and bottom; the back is canvas and fixed to the frame with loops, it does not fix into any position. This strong, lightweight folding chair was named in honour of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers Roorkhee and was the standard Army issue officers’ campaign chair from 1898 to 1939.
Campaigns
Boer War (1899-1902)
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