Name/Title
Mrs. Herbert D. Clark's Cherry Wood Rocking chair, late 19th centuryEntry/Object ID
1982.16.3Description
ACC. NO. 82.16.3
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FURNITURE
DATE OR PERIOD: LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY
OBЈЕCT: ROCKING CHAIR
DESCRIPTION:
LADIES' ROCKER, WHICH APPEARS TO BE FABRICATED OF CHERRY WOOD WITH A DARK FINISH. BACK OF SEAT HAS THREE HORIZONTAL SLIGHTLY BOWED SPLATS. SLIGHT TURN AT FRONT STILES ATTACHED BY WOODEN BUTTONS TO SLIGHTLY CARVED ARMS. WOVEN SEAT OF VARIEGATED BLUE- AND TAN-COLORED FABRIC TAPE-LIKE STRIPS APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL. REVERSE SIDE OF LOWER SPLAT HAS TRANSFER MARK STATING, "SHAKERS #3 TRADEMARK, MT LEBANON, NY." SIZE: H 34" SEAT: D 15" X W 18"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ROCKER THAT ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO MRS. HERBERT D. CLARK, MOTHER OF THE DONOR. CHAIR POSSIBLY BROUGHT TO ALAMEDA AS PART OF HER TROUSSEAU UPON HER MARRIAGE IN 1900 TO MR HERBERT CLARK.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS ELEANOR CLARK
DATE: MAY 7, 1982
