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"Make-do" Armchair Rocker

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1800-1825

GUSN

GUSN-2106

Description

Maple and ash armchair converted to wing rocker and upholstered in gray and red fabric, wood painted black.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rocking chairs
armchairs
chairs (furniture forms)
ash (wood)
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
upholstering
make-dos
Maple
Ash
Upholstered
Painted
Chair, Rocking

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

45.5 x 21 x 24 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.123

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