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Rocking Chair

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-59735

Description

Tablet back rocking chair with scroll arms, bamboo legs and stretchers, and a cushion with a red and geen geometric pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rocking chairs
birch (wood)
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Chair
Chair, Rocking
Chair, Rocking

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

47 x 20 1/2 x 18 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3240

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

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