Name/Title
Ladies' or nursing rocker with caned seat of the Blake-Dyer family, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1995.148.80Description
Acc. No. 95.148.80
Subject Category: FURNITURE
Date or Period: CIRCA LATE 1890's EARLY 1900's
Object: FURNITURE; ROCKER
Description:
LADIES' ARMLESS ROCKER, WITH RECTANGULAR-SHAPED SEAT WITH INSERT OF MACHINED CANING. UNUSUAL TURNINGS ACT AS BACK SLATS, SUPPORTING AN UPPER RAIL OF BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE VENEER, ACCENTUATED WITH BEADING AND APPLIED CARVING. REPEAT MOTIF OF SLATS USED AS FRONT RUNGS. ROCKER OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURE.
SIZE: H 331"; SEAT: D 151" X W 15-3/4"
History of Object: NURSING OR LADIES' ROCKER FROM THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM OF THE BLAKE-DYER RESIDENCE, CLINTON AVENUE, ALAMEDA, CA.
Acquired from:
DOROTHY R DYER
Date: JUNE 17, 1995
