Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1971.013.009 |
Object Name |
Chair, Rocking |
Other Name |
Chair, Nursing |
Title |
Armless Rocking Chair (Nursing Rocker) |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Date |
19th-century |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
This is a small, low-back-style Boston rocking chair (nursing rocker). It has five spindles and two side uprights inserted into the cresting rail. The cresting rail has two u-shaped cuts on the underside, which accommodate the leftmost spindle and the rightmost spindle. There is a front stretcher, and a back one. They are higher-placed than the side stretchers. It has no maker's identification on it. |
Provenance |
Original provenance unknown. Last owned by Marjorie Spragge of Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Furniture, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Wood/Paint |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Spragge Spragge, Marjorie Spragge, May Spragge, George |
Subjects |
Chairs Furniture |