Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1969.027.001 |
Object Name |
Chair, Rocking |
Other Name |
Chair, Nursing |
Title |
Nursing Rocker, 19th-century |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Date |
19th-century |
Artist |
Unknown |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Nursing rocker with a one-piece wooden seat, and has brown painted wood. It has four spindles at the back, and four plain-looking dowel stretchers. The cresting rail is plain as well. |
Provenance |
Used/owned by Catherine Rutherford (née MacGregor) of Leith, Sydenham Township, Grey County. |
Collection |
Furniture, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Wood/Paint |
Found |
Sydenham Township (formerly), Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Rutherford, Thomas Rutherford, Catherine |
Subjects |
Chairs Furniture Seating furniture |
Search Terms |
Leith (Village and area of) Sydenham Township |
Function |
An armless rocking chair, suitable for nursing a baby, which also sooths the baby with its rocking motion. |