Rocking chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Ash, rush
Measurements
64 cm (H); 43 cm (W); 44 cm (D)
Place of origin
England
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196561
Summary
A child's ash rocking chair, English, mid 19th century. With a rush seat and turned arms, raised on turned front legs and square section back legs tied by stretchers.
Provenance
Speke Hall and its contents were bequeathed, as a secondary devise, to the National Trust by Adelaide Watt (d.1921) in 1943. Speke was initially bequeathed to the Norris family (who built the original house during the 16th century). It was then leased to Liverpool City Council and later to the Museums Department of Merseyside County Council. The National Trust took over direct management of the house and its contents in 1986.