Mission style 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 Mission style armchair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The chair features a broad back, a molded chair seat, and broad, flat armrests constructed with reddish dark brown finished wood. The chair back has three, flat, center slats that attach to the straight top rail. The top rail is attached to the rest of the chair frame with a single, silver tone screw on each side. The chair frame also has slightly rounded ears, squared back posts, and straight, squared legs. The chair has a short, plain apron and a single squared stretcher between the two front chair legs. The front chair legs are significantly discolored near the bottom of each leg.
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: 2011.12.25
objectType: 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: varnish on wood with steel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 37 1/8 × 24 1/2 × 22 in. (94.3 × 62.2 × 55.9 cm)