Name/Title
Rocking Chair with caning and 12 turnings, from the Mastick family, c. 1889Entry/Object ID
2009.20.1Description
ACC. NO. 09.20.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD, FURNITURE
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1889
OBJECT: CHAIR, ROCKING
DESCRIPTION:
A VICTORIAN-STYLE ROCKING CHAIR, WHICH APPEARS TO BE MADE FROM SEVERAL SPECIES OF WOOD (POSSIBLY MAHOGANY AND CHERRY). THE SEAT DISPLAYS SERPENTINE-SHAPED DESIGN, WITH INSET CANING. THE CREST RAIL APPEARS TO BE HAND-CARVED. THE BACK HAS TWELVE TURNINGS THAT VARY DIMINUTIVELY IN SIZE. CHAIR ARMS ARE ATTACHED TO THE BACK AND SEAT (HAND-CARVED) AND ARE SUPPORTED BY THREE TURNINGS EACH. CHAIR IS OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURE.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ROCKING CHAIR WAS PURCHASED BY THE DONOR AND HER HUSBAND IN EITHER 1945 OR 1947, FROM THE GEORGE MASTICK ESTATE, 930 PACIFIC AVENUE, ALAMEDA. GEORGE WAS THE SON OF EDWIN MASTICK SCHOOL AFTER WHOM MASTICK WAS NAMED. GEORGE WAS AN ATTORNEY BY PROFESSION AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CREATION OF A LIBRARY FOR THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. THE CHAIR WAS GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM IN MEMORY OF BILL PARKER, THE DONOR'S HUSBAND.
DONOR:
GRACE PARKER
CATALOGED: APRIL 4, 2009
