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Rocking chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1830

GUSN

GUSN-18844

Description

Windsor chair. Pine painted black. Unornamented crest rail w/ backward-sloping stiles and four spindles, all w/ simple turning. Similar turning on legs and stretchers. Short rockers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rocking chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Windsor chairs
Pine
Painted
Windsor
CHAIR, ROCKING

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

90

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

29 x 16.5 x 20.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1479

Places

Maine (United States)

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