Antique rocking chair
Rocking chair that's at least 300 years old. Has been in family for years. No identitifying marks. Made with pegs and nuts and a few small nails. Very sturdy. It was my great x4 grandfathers and passed down through the years. Not sure if wood type.
It belonged to my great great great great grandfather.
Inherited
Maybe
Hi Matthew,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
If you'd like for your appraisal to include dimensions, which is customary, please forward in the comments section - at your convenience - the height, width to the outside of both arms, and the length of the rockers, I'll update this ASAP.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
A late Victorian pressed and turned oak rocking armchair
American, late 19th Century
The shaped crest with impressed/relief-carved oval panel over shaped splat flanked by straight spindles, the bentwood sides continuing into arms with rounded ends, over a shaped saddle seat, raised on four turned tapering legs joined by a double box stretcher, all on rockers
(DIMENSIONS)
CONDITION: surface is faded and dry but appears to be original.
PROVENANCE: inherited
$150-200*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
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