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Rocking Windsor Settee

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1820-1845

GUSN

GUSN-59185

Description

Thumb-back Windsor settee with four bamboo turned legs, turned stretchers, and rockers. Painted blue-green.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Windsor settees
Windsor rocking chairs
birch (wood)
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
Sofa
Settee
Settee

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

30 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 13 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2318

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