Queen Anne style chair 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 Queen Anne style chair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The chair features a brownish red, wooden frame, and a red velvet padded seat. The curved chair frame is wider at the top and tapers inwards towards the seat. It has rounded shoulders, a carved, center splat, and a carved crossbar at the bottom that functions as a shoe. The shoulders of the chair’s top rail terminate with swirl shapes on either side. At the center of the top rail is a carved decorative element: a palm leaf framed on either side by mirrored S-shaped carvings. The splat is vase shaped and features horizontally carved elements and two punch out carvings at the ear of the splat and the center. The crossbar that attaches to the bottom of the splat is also carved and features a simple fleur-de-lis design at the center. The chair seat is round and covered in dark red velvet. Red silk trim at the base of the cushion covers the attachment point between the cushion and the seat frame. The chair legs are turned and feature rounded beads near the top and bottom. There are four, thin, supporting spindles between all four chair legs.
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: 2011.12.24
objectType: label: Type
content: dining 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 velvet , trimming (material) , textile materials , padding (material) and steel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 34 1/8 × 18 × 21 1/2 in. (86.7 × 45.7 × 54.6 cm)