Wicker armchair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A wicker armchair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The chair features a wicker wrapped wooden frame and a seat cushion support. The wicker and wood have been painted a light blue and the cushion is a darker greenish blue. The chair has a high, continuous back support and sides with a closed basket weave. The narrow arms and the frame of the continuous back support also feature a closed weave. The chair also has plaiting along the chair’s front that spans upwards across the outside edges of the arms and extends up and around the top edge of the back support. The seat front has a closed weave with arched aprons below on the front and sides. The back is open exposing the crisscrossed stretchers. The seat cushion support is constructed from basket woven fabric strips tacked to the wooden frame. The rear legs, crisscrossed stretchers, and front legs are wicker wrapped. The front legs feature bulbous feet.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.30
objectType: label: Type
content: wickerwork
label: Type
content: armchairs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on wicker with rattan , wood , steel , brass (alloy) and cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Chair): 36 1/4 × 27 3/4 × 28 1/4 in. (92.1 × 70.5 × 71.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Cushion): 5 1/4 × 20 3/4 × 20 1/4 in. (13.3 × 52.7 × 51.4 cm)