Name/Title
Chair, RockingContext
In the southwest corner of the Neill-Cochran House Museum's 1855 Bedroom sits a Victorian rocking chair from the mid-19th century.
Not much is known about this specific rocking chair. It is made of mahogany and upholstered in the same red velvet that it was when the NCHM acquired the chair in 1973. The velvet is in very good condition, although it is unclear whether this was the original upholstery.
In America, this style of chair is often referred to as a Lincoln rocking chair because the famously lanky 16th president preferred rockers with a high back and long, curved arms. President Lincoln was actually sitting in a similar chair at Ford's Theater when he was assassinated on April 15th, 1865.
The NCHM's rocking chair was gifted to the Museum by the Wilkerson and Hutcheson Estates. You can see it and all of our comfortable artifacts, Wed-Sun, 11-4pm.Acquisition
Accession
1973.01Source or Donor
Wilkerson and Hutcheson Estates,Acquisition Method
Gift