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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Comb-back rocking chair
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Comb-back rocking chair

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Date1800-1825
MediumPainted wood
DimensionsOverall: 41 3/4 x 22 1/4 x 27 1/2 in. (106 x 56.5 x 69.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2295
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DescriptionComb-back Windsor Rocking Chair. Plank seat supported by four tapering bamboo turned legs set with long flat rockers. Arms join seat with two tapered turned supports and the back has eight spindles and two larger side spindles with a shaped crest rail from which six spindles and an additional crest rail form the comb. The whole is painted red.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Somerset Co.
1775-1800
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
1876