Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Rocking chair
Object Number:
1941.906
Date:
1880-1890
Medium:
Maple, birch
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 16 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. ( 86.4 x 42.2 x 54 cm )
Description:
Maple Shaker rocking chair; ladder back with three slats and rounded stiles with acorn-shaped finials; trapezoidal splint seat; rounded legs with two rounded stretchers in front and at either side, and one rounded stretcher in back; rockers fitted into slot in bottom of each leg.
Gallery Label:
Chairmaking was a major industry of the Shakers.
Credit Line:
Gift of John V. Irwin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
