In his later years Jefferson was most comfortable in a campeachy chair. When suffering from a serious attack of rheumatism at Poplar Forest, Jefferson specifically requested a siesta, or campeachy chair: “While too weak to sit up the whole day, and afraid to increase the weakness by lying down, I long for a Siesta chair which would have admitted the medium position.” The name “campeachy” is an anglicized spelling of Campeche, a Mexican state, where a kind of mahogany called “bloodwood” or “logwood” was grown that was often used to make the chair.

1:24 scale; 1 13/16”h x 1 3/8”w x 1 ½”d.