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Boston Rocking Chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1820-1830

GUSN

GUSN-59707

Description

Rocking chair with a Windsor base. Blue quilted canvas cushion. With the exception of the rockers, traces of black, green, and yellow paint appear throughout.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rocking chairs
canvas
mahogany (wood)
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Chair
Chair, Rocking
Chair, Rocking

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

45 x 21 x 19 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.3210

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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