Mediumwood
Dimensions25 × 12 × 12 1/4 in. (63.5 × 30.5 × 31.1 cm)
Object number1996.62
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA child's rocking chair with a back, legs and arms of turned ring spindles - the back has six rings per vertical spindle, five per horizontal. The top of the back has a broken left knob with a piece missing. The arms have four rings with a knob at the end that is connect with front legs which taper to the rockers. The chair has a rush seat. The left leg below the seat has been filled to make a repair. The wood with a grained appearance of light honey color to dark lines, possibly oak wood.On View
Not on view
1750-1805
Circa 1815
Reuben Swift
1805-1815
