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Rocking Windsor Chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1815-1830

GUSN

GUSN-48885

Description

Fancy rocking chair. Maple, pine seat, yellow paint over red paint. Five-arrow back, step-down crest, scroll arms, shaped and scooped seat, tapered legs, long rockers. Painted yellow over red. Pine seat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Windsor rocking chairs
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
Fancy
Chair
Chair, Rocking
Chair, Rocking

Inscription

on seat bottom in p[aint?: illegible

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Massachusetts

Dimensions

30 x 19 1/4 x 27 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Alice E. and Ellen M. Jones

Accession Number

1973.392

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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