Mission style rocking chair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A Mission style rocking chair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The rocking chair features a dark, reddish brown wooden frame with a reddish brown leather seat cushion. The chair itself, has a broad back and broad, flat armrests. The chair back has seven, narrow, flat, center slats that attach to the top rail. The top rail is wide and curved along the top edge. The chair frame and slats curve inwards towards the bottom to provide lumbar support. The chair frame has wide, flat armrests, supported by three, vertical, wide flat slats. There is a wide, plain apron below the chair seat. The cushion support is a single wide piece of unfinished wood that extends from the front center of the chair to the center of the back rest. The rockers are squared. The seat cushion is plain, with leather piping around the seams, and is fitted tightly to the chair frame.
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: 2011.12.26
objectType: label: Type
content: rocking chairs
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 vinyl and padding (material)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 43 3/4 × 29 × 33 1/2 in. (111.1 × 73.7 × 85.1 cm)