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    Posted 10 years ago

    Mesing2uc
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    I was wondering if anyone knows anything about this rocker. It has been in my husbands' family for probably 100 years and belonged to his grandmother. His mother grew up with this same rocker as well.....she would have been at least 84 years old today. My husband remembers seeing it as a kid at his grandma's house and he would sit and rock in it when he went to visit. I don't see any writing or markings on it, however it has what I consider an evil-looking face engraved on it. Lol I'm assuming that it is a ram's head, not sure. I love this rocker as I can tell it is very old and unique and is in very good condition for its age. I just wish I knew more about it, if anyone knows please comment. Thanks!

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    1. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 10 years ago
      0 so .sweeettttttttttttt ;-)
    2. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 10 years ago
      This isn't unusual. It is commonly called the face chair and is not hand carved it is a double press (one of the first double press). The crest board was done with a stencil and probably this would be a Lambert Hitchcock. Certainly looks like it.
    3. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 10 years ago
      You will find it exactly as you show it. Nice old chair.
    4. Mesing2uc Mesing2uc, 10 years ago
      I've been looking up the Lambert Hitchcock and the face chair and so far haven't found anything like my chair (not saying it isn't, I just can't find anything). However, I just found one that has the exact same face but it says it's a renaissance revival chair but I don't think it is that either. Here is that chair http://en.allexperts.com/q/Collectibles-General-Antiques-682/2011/8/rocking-chair-24.htm
    5. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 10 years ago
      I believe my grandparents had an identical one.
    6. keramikos, 3 years ago
      Hi, Mesing2uc. :-)

      I'm pretty late to the party, but I found another (no provenance, but perhaps you could contact the web site owner:

      https://discoverypub.com/feature/0116_PressBackChairs/face-edit.jpg

      *snip*

      Of course the "face chair" movement was a prime beneficiary of the press back technology. Mythological creatures could now be instantly transferred to chair backs without all that tedious carving.

      *snip*

      https://discoverypub.com/feature/0116_PressBackChairs/index.html

      The same shot shows up on this website:

      https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012_0305_face.jpg

      https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/columns-and-international/fred-taylor/furniture-specific-press-back-decoration-sans-carving/

      However, it's attributed to the same person, Fred Taylor.

      Here's another with the same motif described as Old Man Winter:

      https://www.bargainjohn.com/product/oak-armed-office-chair-old-man-winter-carved-face/

      Fred Taylor again:

      https://www.worthpoint.com/articles/collectibles/press-back-art-chair-decoration

      So I'm thinking you should contact him:

      Fred and Gail Taylor

      For more information call 800-387-6377 (9am-4pm Eastern, M-F only), fax 352-563-2916, or e-mail info@furnituredetective.com.

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