Object Details
Maker
Gebrüder Thonet, Austrian, founded 1853
Description
Frame of curving linear bent beechwood elements; the arms flow into two long parallel runners; caned, oval back joined to elongated oval bent wood element, in turn joined to caned seat supported on the runners by four intertwined circular bentwood form; two curving bentwood supports join lower back to runners.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of American Institute of Interior Designers
Date
ca. 1860
Accession Number
1969-103-2
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
furniture
Decorative Arts
Object Name
Rocking chair
Type
Rocking chair
Medium
Bent beechwood, woven caning
Dimensions
H x W x D: 97 x 56 x 80cm (38 3/16 x 22 1/16 x 31 1/2in.)
made in
Vienna, Austria
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1969-103-2