Posted 10 years ago
Kenc
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I have been given this chair by someone who had it given to her by an elderly friend. I know it is a Platform Rocker, there my knowledge ends. There are no markings on it. The seat cushion has 4 springs underneath. The rocking mechanism (pictured) is one spring on each side. As shown, there are indications the right side spring once sat a little lower (an adjustment perhaps?). It appears that at some time someone re-upholstered it as the tacks on the rear are the kind of furniture thumbtacks sold today. The deep brown color is a stain over a much lighter wood visible where the chair bottom makes contact with the stop bar on the platform. There are visible no makers marks on it.
A much safer rocking mechanism for those of us who have cats in the house! Although I presume at some point the metal fatigue in the spring steel spring would give out and the rocker would turn into just a chair. If it were mine I'd be looking at having it reupholstered in a fabric/design more fitting of its original time period... once you find out when that is.