Chair, Rocking
- Object Name:
- Chair, Rocking
- Object ID:
- 1923.002.01
- Place of Origin:
- New England, probably NH
- Date:
- 1750-1770
- Description:
- Rocking Chair. Bow-shaped crest rail; molded ears having angular lower outline; rectangular stiles having chamfered back corners and a bead at each front corner, beads extending ~2" below seat rails on front of back leg; pierced central splat housed in deep molded shoe supported on horizontal rail with molded face, itself 4" above back seat rail. Splint seat. Arms flat on bottom with rounded and molded upper surface and downward scrolled terminals that flare slightly outward, vase-turned arm supports are extensions of the block-and-vase turned front legs. Rectangular rear legs with chamfered corners. Legs cut down and rockers added. Four turned stretchers front one having central ball-and-ring turnings with cone terminals, side stretchers being baluster turned with central ring, back stretcher plain and cylindrical. Stiles of the back are S-curved when viewed from side, but splat is simply raked. Surface, including that of rockers, crudely grained. Left stile of back repaired above juncture of arm. Handwritten label, glued to underside of seat, reads: "THIS CHAIR WAS THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN STARK AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH."
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-41.5 W-24.75 D-28 inches
- Provenance:
- Label on chair reads: "THIS CHAIR WAS THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN STARK AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH." John Stark (1728-1822) was the great-great grandfather of the donors. Stark was living in Manchester at the time of his death.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Carrie E. Stark and Emma G. Towne
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