Bench with seat cushion 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: Subject of
content: Margeson Brothers Furniture Store, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A wooden bench with seat cushion from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The mahogany, rectangular, wooden bench, features a rectangular padded cushion. The bench has brown cane webbing over the seat, four carved legs, and an I-shaped support bar attached to the legs. The legs are squared at the top and taper inwards towards the bottom. There are carved square shapes at the top of each leg, just below the skirt. The bench has a small skirt that attaches to all four chair legs. Underneath the seat are three supporting metal bands: two that extend diagonally from corner to corner, and one that extends from front to back. The corners of the bench are held together underneath with triangular wedges that have been screwed to the body of the chair. The text [M066] has been stamped along one edge of the bench. Adhered to another part of the bench underside is a partially torn, blue and white label adhered to the bottom of the bench has white printed text that reads [[MARGESON BROS.?] [SPECIALISTS IN?] / HOME[?] FURNISHINGS / PORTSMOUTH N.H] in the blue section at the top and blank fillable lines for [No.], [Finish], [Lot], and [Style] in the white section below and filled in with black handwritten text that reads [1990], [Wal & [---?]], [47991], and [B[---?]] respectively. The rectangular cushion sits flush to the surface of the bench and is secured with fabric loops around the legs at three of the four corners. The cushion fabric is a repeating red and cream checkerboard pattern. Inside each red and white square is a repeating, woven, concentric diamonds pattern with red dots at each corner of the squares.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place purchased
content: Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 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: 2011.12.22
objectType: label: Type
content: benches
label: Type
content: cushions
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright RestrictionsNo Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: stain on wood with foam , wicker , steel , paint and paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 18 1/4 × 30 3/4 × 15 5/8 in. (46.4 × 78.1 × 39.7 cm)