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Chair, Rocking

Object Name:
Chair, Rocking
Object ID:
1991.051
Creator:
Burt, Holland (1790-1855)
Date:
1810-1830
Description:
Rocking Chair. Child's, Windsor style. Branded on bottom of plank seat: "H. BURT" four times, and "N.H." in serrated rectangle seven times. Red-brown paint. Worn.
Material:
Wood
Dimensions:
H-23.375 W-12.625 D-18.5 inches
Provenance:
Purchased by Nat Figuers at Richard Withington auction (lot TU-22), Andover, MA, March 2, 1991. Figuers also purchased another chair with the same stamp, which he describes as a "low back fire house type of Windsor."
Chair previously owned by Colonel and Mrs. Ralph W. Totman of East Alstead, NH.
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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