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Rocking chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1858

GUSN

GUSN-18748

Description

Cottage style rocking chair. Cane seat and lower back ; legs, stretchers, and rockers painted blue. Carved crest rail with four slender turned spindles connected at bottom to the top rail of the caned lower back. Curving stiles, caned seat, slight cabriole front legs, flat concave front stretcher. Set on rockers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rocking chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Tudor Revival
Painted
Cottage
CHAIR, ROCKING

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

12.5

People and Organizations

A.G. Manning

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

35 1/3 x 19 1/4 x 29 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1448

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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