Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Rocking chair
Object Number:
1941.631
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Maple, rush
Dimensions:
Overall: 42 x 22 x 26 1/2 in. ( 106.7 x 55.9 x 67.3 cm )
Description:
Shaker rocking chair made of maple with mahogany stain; ladder back with slender horizontal bar joining tops of stiles and four slats below; trapezoidal rush seat; round legs with two plain, round stretchers in front and on either side, and one plain, round stretcher in back; rockers fitted into slot in bottom of each leg.
Gallery Label:
Chairmaking was a major industry industry of the Shakers, and the slat-back chair was one of the chief forms they produced.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Emma M. Vogel
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
