Rocking Hores

Artist Concord Reformatory cabinetmaking shop

Dateca. 1898

Terms

Rocking Hores
Fabric
Leather
Walnut
Concord (Massachusetts)

Dimensions71.07 × 109.14 × 43.15 cm (28 × 42 15/16 × 17 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Eleanor K. Cook (1995)

Object number1995.6

DescriptionWalnut, leather, cloth. Sleigh-form rocking chair, with two plank sides (1 1/8") curved at the bottom into rockers and serpentine at the top, molded and cut with scrolls at the front and back. The chair has a bottom formed of curved boards with six horizontal braces. The carved horse's head with leather bridle tacked on is attached to the front and to a medial brace. At the back is an upholdstered seat and seat back with a curved wood piece that pivots to cover the top of the seat back.