Tall Yellow Chair from Newhaven Fish Market

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

52360

Title

Tall yellow chair from Newhaven Fish Market

Description

High wooden chair painted yellow from Newehaven Fish Market. Plain back rail, with a seat shaped to accommodate legs. Two sets of rails supporting legs including one to rest feet on.

Type

Wood

Accession number

SH.2022.270

Copyright

The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries

This tall yellow wooden chair has a bold, eye-catching colour. It’s height would have meant anyone using it would have been perched above the crowds, giving them a good view of the busy goings on.

Newhaven Fishmarket opened in 1868 and was a focal point in the village’s important fishing industry. Hundreds of people early each morning would have gathered to buy, sell and haggle fish, a riot of noise and activity/enterprise. With little of that industry now left in the area, the chipped paint, sticker remnants and general wear and tear on this chair reminds us of what once was.

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