Description
Orkney Island Chair, unique to the island is made from oat straw and wood.
This chair belonged to Margaret Brodie Dickie, a friend of the donors mother, Kaye Stewart MacKay. According to Margie MacKay, Margaret Dickie was born in Scotland and came to Canada as a war bride. This chair was one of the items she took with her. Mrs. Dickie was Margie MacKays grade primary/one teacher at Temperance Street School in 1957. Margie notes she was a tall lady with red hair and a wonderful Scottish accent.
*photo shows front and side view of same chair.
Orkney Chair
- Type
- image
- Views
- 230
- Source
- Margie MacKay
- File ID
- 2018-07-17a
- Added
- Jul 5, 2021
- Contributed by
- Teresa MacKenzie
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