GARDEN KNEELER
Currently in storage
About this object
This small, green-painted kneeling bench has a foam rubber cushion on the top, 6” wide horizontal shelf. Under this shelf, and extending the full 9 ½” width of the bench, is a cubby hole, such as one might store small gardening tools in. The width ends of the bench rise in a gentle curve from 3” high to 8 ½” high; at their height, the ends have handles cut out of the wood, for ease in lifting and carrying the bench. The foam rubber of the cushion is crumbling in places along the long edges, and the paint is cracking on nearly all of the surfaces. The unverified story attached to this object, which has been stored in Hillwood’s Greenhouse for many years, is that MMP used it when she worked in the garden. The patent on this object was taken out on December 24, 1940.
- Object name:
- GARDEN KNEELER
- Made from:
- Painted wood -- foam rubber
- Made in:
- New Brunswick, USA
- Date made:
- 1940-1973 (?)
- Size:
- 21.6 × 24.1 × 35.6 cm (8 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 14 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 73.8
- Signature marks:
- label KneElevator [top edges torn] / Trade Mark / GARDENALLS / INC. / 155 CHURCH STREE [torn] / NEW BRUNSWICK, N. [torn] / U.S. PATENT 2225696 long back side of bench Label is printed on adhesive gold paper and is partially torn.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973