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Rocking chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1845-1875

GUSN

GUSN-14062

Description

Walnut rocking chair. Caned seat and back. Ornamented crest rail w/ lightly carved volutes. Abbreviated arm supports slant downward and join to seat at mid-section. Concave front stretcher.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rocking chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
walnut (wood)
walnut (wood)
Walnut
CHAIR, ROCKING

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

15

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

35 x 19.25 x 31 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1188

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