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Rocking Chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-4465

Description

Rocker with S-scroll arm supports, saber legs, serpentine stiles with carved water leaf on stile just above arm padding; upholstered in tan cotton.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rocking chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
cotton (textile)
mahogany (wood)
scrolls (motifs)
Mahogany
Cotton
Scroll
CHAIR, ROCKING

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

34 x 41 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.702

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