Rocking chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Wood, paint, rush
Measurements
78 x 43.5 x 72 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288435
Summary
A white-painted child's ladderback rocking chair, British, circa 1900, the rounded uprights terminating in turned finials, the uprights joined by four shaped horizontal bars, the rush seat with plain rails, with turned and tapering front legs and plain splayed rear legs, the legs with a single bar stretcher to the front, a pair of spindles to each side and a single spindle to the rear, the legs on a pair of rockers.
Provenance
In 1937 Sir Geoffrey Mander and his wife Rosalie gifted Wightwick Manor, its contents and gardens to the National Trust. Sir Geoffrey and his family continued to occupy and manage Wightwick adding to the collection in collaboration with the National Trust. Sir Geoffrey died in 1962 but Lady Mander continued to live at Wightwick until her death in 1988. This rocking chair was transferred to the National Trust on the death of Sir Geoffrey in 1962.