Hi Dawn,

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 overall height, width to the outside of both arms, and the length of the rockers, and I'll update this ASAP.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:

A late Victorian / Aesthetic Movement carved walnut and chenille (?) upholstered platform rocking armchair
American, late 19th Century
With incised arched and pierced crest over a rectangular back with raised upholstery, incised carved stiles, straight arms raised on shaped ends over a trapezoidal seat, the rounded base frame raised on a platform. The front feet on porcelain casters (rollers).
(DIMENSIONS)
CONDITION: probably reupholstered; retains original seat springs
PROVENANCE: inherited
$250-350*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.

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