Rocking Chair

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

chair

Name/Title

Rocking Chair

Entry/Object ID

1994.22

Description

Windsor-backed rocking chair with decorative stenciling on the back rail and seat front. The stenciled patterns are done in gold powder and show a design of cornucopias, fruit, and leaves. The chair seat is caned.

Context

Stenciled by Irene Slater in Royalton, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

1994.22

Source or Donor

Atwood, Barbara Counsell (1921-1993)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Bequest of Barbara Counsell Atwood

Made/Created

Date made

1846

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Chair, Rocking

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Chair

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Seating Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Material

Wood

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Cass Furniture Store

Person or Organization

Eastman, David (1821-1901)

Person or Organization

Eastman, Diantha Willey (1822-1906)

Person or Organization

Slater, Irene (1904-1993)

Related Places

Place

Town

Lyndon

County

Caledonia County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America