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ca. 1860
GUSN-5250
Victorian rocking chair upholstered in red damask; ring turned finials, curved crest rail with center peak; curvilinear stiles have round front and square back; arms emerge from stiles, curving into scrolled arm supports; skirts? (bottom sides) are carved of scroll and leaf pattern; scrolled feet rest on castors; front seat rail is curved and undecorated; back covered in red upholstery; overstuffed upholstered seat.
platform rockers
chairs (furniture forms)
carving (processes)
damask
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
walnut (wood)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
scrolls (motifs)
walnut (wood)
Walnut
Damask
Scroll
Leaf
Carved
Chair, Rocking
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
42 1/8 x 23 5/8 x 31 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.614
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