Chair, Rocking
- Object Name:
- Chair, Rocking
- Object ID:
- 1981.008.01
- Date:
- circa 1876
- Description:
- Arm chair, rocking. Windsor sack-back style. Wood (species unidentified). Painted and grained black and brown, with gold highlights. Front spindles and legs are decoratively turned; remaining spindles are plain turned. Arm rests are flat with shaped ends. Seat is wood plank with decorative incised line around spindles, line painted gold. Front and rear stretchers are rectangular; no side stretchers. Rockers fit into slots at feet ends. Date "1776" written in white crayon/chalk on underside of seat. Paint worn off on front of seat and arm rests; rockers well worn. Later varnish over paint (varnish does not cover the "1776"). Probably a colonial revival construction, with graining to resemble mahogany.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-37 W-23.625 D-24 inches
- Provenance:
- From the estate of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Mary Brewster Parsons
- People:
- Parsons, Mary B. (1904-1980)
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