Bow back windsor armchair rocker, "Philadelphia" style.
Windsor rocking chairs
wood (plant material)
Chair
Chair, Rocking
Chair, Rocking
"The Society for the / Preservation/ of New England Antiquities/ Belonged to Jeremiah Gridley/ Bridge of Boston, great grandfather/ of donor, Helen Sanborn Whitney / (c. 1800)" (handwritten)
"For the Society for the/ Preservation of New / England Antiquities, #13" (handwritten)
"SPNEA / 13" (handwritten)
Unknown
34 x 22 x 22 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elsie Allen
1995.411
refers to chair as "Philadelphia Style"
1800 (circa)
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