Title
Hunzinger Style Rocker
Creator
Date
19th century
Description
A HUNZINGER STYLE ROCKER (American, 19th century) with a woven wire seat and a leather covered wire back. First patented April 18, 1876 by George Hunzinger, Patent # 176.314. It features square members with incised decoration and carved crests in the modern Gothic/Eastlake style.
Cultural Origin
American
Medium
Wire
Leather
Wood
Collection
Source
Purchased by The Preservation Society of Newport County, 1987.
Identifier
PSNC.5109
Related Materials
'The Furniture of George Hunzinger' by Barry R. Harwood (Brooklyn Museum of Art exhibition catalogue 1997) Fig. 101 page 93.
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