Armed rocking chair with rush seat, Pleasant Hill, KY

Object ID:

1957.9521.1

Community:

Kentucky, Pleasant Hill

Description

Rocking chair. Front posts 22 15/16" high, including rockers, to underside of arms. Arms 16 1/16", scroll-like hand-rests. Back posts have 2 1/4" h pommels. Right back post straight; left back post angled in toward seat, sits further back than right post. Four convex-top slat backs. Rockers 30 1/2" from front to back. Two stretchers on sides, and one in front and back. Wood stained. Rush seat woven in an 8 x 8 grid pattern.

Kentucky Pleasant Hill

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