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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
2013.008.024
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
Walnut rocking chair has caned back and seat. Frame of oval back is finger-molded and is connected to seat frame by two curving legs. Cyma-curve short, low arms connect oval back to seat, with foliate carving at top end. Seat frame is a rounded "D" shape with round outside edge. Ring-turned legs are all connected by a baluster-turned stretcher and sit on rockers with front ends barely extending beyond the front legs.
Provenance
James Buchanan
To - James B. Henry
To - James B. Henry I
To James B. Henry II
To James B. Henry III
To Eleanor Henry
To LancasterHistory.
Year Range From
1855
Year Range To
1865
Last Owner
Buchanan, James
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Sitting Room
Storage Wall
East Wall
People
Buchanan, James
Henry, James Buchanan
Subcategory
Furniture
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Chair, Rocking
Material
Wood
Height (in)
32
Width (in)
20
Depth (in)
28
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-06-23
Condition Notes
2015 new caning. Expected wear to wood.
Object ID
2013.008.024
Credit
Gift of the Family of Eleanor N. Henry (John D. McNeill Jr., Mary Catherine Henry West, James Buchanan Henry IV, and Elizabeth Henry Richardson)
Accession Number
2013.008
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