Name/Title
chair, rockingEntry/Object ID
2017.013.001Description
Chair, rocking. Comb back Windsor chair; dark finish with elaborate floral inlays on seat, arms, crest rail (front and back), front of legs, and top and sides of rockers. 39”h x 22.5”w x 32”d. Seat is 19”d.Acquisition
Accession
2017.013Source or Donor
Gordon, Thomas S.Acquisition Method
GiftGeneral Notes
Note
Chair is believed to originally have belonged to Jacob Shower. Shower was born in Manchester on 22 February 1803. He received a medical degree from the University of Maryland in 1825. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1834-38, 1840-41); was clerk of the court for Carroll County (1842); was a delegate to the 1850 Maryland constitutional convention; served in the US House of Representative from Maryland's Second Distric (1853-55). Shower married Mary Everhart [7 November 1805 - 29 March 1889)]. They had 7 children: Emily Alretta Shower (unknown–1848); Ashton Alexander Shower (1831–1882); John Troxell Shower (1832–1848); Theodore Adam Shower (1833–1887); Sarah Elizabeth Shower (1838–1918); Jeannette Miranda Shower (1843–1848); Charles Troxell Shower (1849–1851).Shower died 25 May 1879 and is buried in the United Church of Christ cemetery in Manchester. The chair eventually passed down to Misses Cecilia and Kate Shower, from whom the donor purchased it.