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: 2011.12.2ab: An upholstered armchair (2011.12.2a) with cushion (2011.12.2b) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.2a: An upholstered armchair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The overstuffed chair is covered with an orange-brown woven fabric that covers the entire frame of the chair. The armchair has a padded backrest, padded scrolled arms, and padded wingbacks. The wingbacks and arms flare outwards. The backrest widens slightly at the top and the top half features two rows of button tufts with three at the top, and two below. The base of the chair has a short, box pleat skirt separated from the base by a piped seam. There are two white tags sewn to the base of the chair. The top tag identifies the cover as [TONI AZTEC] fabric with an [F 1160] style number. The bottom tag is a manufacturer's label identifying the materials used.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.2b: A matching seat cushion (2011.12.2b) from an armchair (2011.12.2a) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The square shaped cushion is covered with an orange-brown woven fabric which matches the rest of the armchair. The cushion has piped seams running around the top and bottom edges.
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: Textiles and Quilts
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: 2011.12.2ab
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: cotton (textile) on wood with polyurethane and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Overall): 32 × 35 × 30 in. (81.3 × 88.9 × 76.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.2a): 32 × 35 × 30 in. (81.3 × 88.9 × 76.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.2b): 4 1/2 × 22 5/16 × 21 7/16 in. (11.4 × 56.7 × 54.5 cm)