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Rocking chair

Date1820-1830
Terms
  • Rocking Chairs
  • Basswood
  • Cherry
  • Maple
  • Pine
  • Boston
  • Worcester County
Dimensions93.91 × 50.76 × 43.15 cm (37 × 20 × 17 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberF408
DescriptionCherry, soft maple, eastern white pine, hard maple, basswood. Slat-back extension-top Windsor rocking chair. Arrow comb-back. Four arrows with high comb. Arms curve down and under. Legs and stretchers are bamboo-turned. Mustard color (original) with stencil decoration. Seat is mottled with a brownish paint.
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