This wooden model of a ladder back chair measures 8 1/4 x 4 7/16 x 3 7/16 inches. It was built during the Great Depression by employees of the Works Progress Administration at the University Museum.

Internet Resources: Here are some links which will get you started in your quest for knowledge. The Internet is growing at an astounding rate. This list does not include every Website on furniture, only the best of the sites that we visited! Furniture History Web page at: http://homearts.com/ pm/shoptalk/04furnb1.htm

Museum Loan Kits: No kit is available for the topic of furniture. Kits can be checked out by Illinois School Teachers free of charge. For a complete list of kit topics please visit: http://www.museum.siu.edu/ university_museum/education/loankit.htm For more information please contact Bob DeHoet at (618) 453-5388 or email him at: drhoet@siu.edu

Printed Resources: At this time, the Museum Explorers Library contains no books on furniture. Books in this special library can be checked out by Museum Explorer teachers free of charge. Please see our Museum Explorers Library Web page. The following is a list of printed materials about furniture which may be available through your library. Greene, Jeffery. (1996). American Furniture of the 18th Century. Publisher: Taunton Press. ISBN#-1561581046 Fitzgerald, Oscar. (1995). Four Centuries of American Furniture. Publisher: Wallace-Homestead Book Co. ISBN#-0870687412 Naeve, Milo. (1989). Identifying American Furniture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles. Publisher: American Assoc. for State and Local History. ISBN#-0393305805

Previous Explorer Projects: This is a list of Museum Explorer Projects completed by teachers and students in the last three years. There are no previous school projects completed on furniture. To view other school pages please visit our Museum Explorers School Pages at: http://www.museum.siu.edu/university_museum/ museum_classroom_grant /Museum_Explorers/school_projects.html

This dental cabinet was manufactured by St. Louis Dental Manufacturing Company on May 29, 1907. It was purchased that same year by Dr. M.W. Ballance of Harrisburg, Illinois for $60.