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1840-1860
GUSN-66548
Rocking chair. Pine, cane, unidentified wood painted brown. Flat double volute crest rail surmounts plain turned posts and seven curved spindles. Shaped seat frames caned center, rolled front skirt; S-shaped arms with two supports. Rests on Baluster and ring-turned legs and front stretcher and plain rear legs and side stretchers on rockers.
rocking chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
caning
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
wood (plant material)
pine (wood)
Chair
Chair, Rocking
Chair, Rocking
Jewett, Mary Rice, 1847-1930
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909
Unknown
44 1/3 x 23 1/3 x 27 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Elizabeth L.P. Richardson
1966.383
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably
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