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Object Name |
Chair, Rocking |
Date |
Pre-1890s |
Other Name |
Glider Rocker |
Description |
Light brown wood frame with bottom frame having two rectangular curved wood feet parallel to each other and the underside of fronts having steel roller wheels. Rectangular open wood base has a three vertical wood spindle supports on each side. Outer side of back has six vertical wood spindles with each one having three rounded carved areas and the spindles arranged in an arc pattern. Front and back underside each have two steel brackets at ends for rocking mechanisms. Seat has wood edges and is wider at front and narrower at back with round edges. Seat padding at center is a red burgundy plush fabric. Arms are rectangular in shape with rounded front ends which point towards the outside and the top surface is slightly rounded as well. Arms supported by one thick round carved wood spindle at front and then five smaller decorative spindles at center connecting at bottom to flattened S shaped wood rectangular support. Back has two tall cylindrical carved wood spindles for supports. Supports connected at top and bottom by curved wood boards with bottom having a carved bottom edge and the top board having curved top and bottom edges with the surface at edge carved with scroll and flower pattern which fills the edges of cross support and tapper to points at the bottom center of top cross support. Center of back has twelve vertical cylindrical wood spindles for supports. |
Collection |
Adams Museum Collection |
Catalog Number |
ART.095.006.001 |
Material |
Wood/Velvet/Brass/Nails |
People |
Curnow, Dorothy Curnow, Dorothy L. Curnow, Dorothy Lawler Gilmore, J.T. Lawler, Dorothy Lawler, James Lawler, Marie Linn, Helen Eugenia |
Search Terms |
Furniture Gilmore Hotel 1890s |