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Yoke crest supported by curved, tapered spindles. Stiles angle forward to mahogany arms with scrolled handholds; four tapered arm supports. Seat curves up at back; scrolls downward at front. Front legs and stretcher are ring turned. Rear legs, side and rear stretchers are round. Rests on rectangular rockers. Painted black; green linear highlights.
rocking chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
mahogany (wood)
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
crests (motifs)
Boston
Mahogany
Turned
Painted
Yoked Crest
CHAIR, ROCKING
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
42.125 x 23 x 26.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.679
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