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Platform Rocking Chair

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1890

GUSN

GUSN-65384

Description

Gargoyle finials, red. uphl. seat & back; swastika motif; turned

Details

Descriptive Terms

platform rockers
chairs (furniture forms)
caning
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
wool (textile)
gargoyles
Japonaiserie
Turned
Caned
Wool
Japonais
Gargoyle
CHAIR, ROCKING

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

41.75 x 24 x 27 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.951

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