<I>Africana Rocking Chair</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2020
name: label: Designed by
content: Norman Teague, American, born 1968
label: Designed by
content: Yohance Lacour, American
notes: label: Description
content: Africana Rocking Chair (a) with seat cover (b) designed by Norman Teague with leather craftsperson Yohance Lacour.
label: Description
content: The rocking chair is constructed entirely from matte, ebony finished basswood. The smooth, square seat has rounded edges and narrows slightly at the back. The chair has a low, curved seat back rail made from a single, cylindrical piece of carved wood with a dimpled pattern on the top half and a smooth surface on the bottom half. The rail is held in place with two back posts that also form the back legs of the chair’s frame. The frame consists of cylindrical pieces of wood conjoined to form a rough square-shape, with the bottom edge formed by curved rockers. A horizontal crossbar connects the rockers at their center and the bottom of each is covered in a camel-toned leather that matches the seat cushion. Adhered to the bottom of the chair seat is a red and white rectangular adhesive label. Teague’s signature, [Normal Teague] is reproduced in white text in the red field at the top of the label, just above [NORMAN TEAGUE DESIGN STUDIO] printed in small white text. Black text printed in the white field below reads [© Africana Collection 2020 / Special Edition with R & Company].
label: Description
content: The seat cover is constructed from camel covered leather. It has padded cushion that lays on top of the chair seat and then extends into a piece of finished leather that folds over the chair back. Right at the chair back is a rectangular padded piece. Past the back rail, the piece of leather curves outward into a rounded shape before tapering into a near point at the bottom. Tooled leather reads [ISE AWON IYIKA / TI ORO AJE].
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2024.21ab
objectType: label: Type
content: seats and seat components
label: Type
content: rocking chairs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Norman Teague
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: a. basswood
label: Medium
content: b. thread on leather
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Overall): 28 13/16 × 21 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (73.2 × 54.6 × 54.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Chair): 28 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (72.4 × 54.6 × 54.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Seat cushion): 2 3/16 × 17 15/16 × 47 3/8 in. (5.5 × 45.5 × 120.4 cm)