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    Posted 8 years ago

    PaulnKitty
    (17 items)

    So is this a boston rocker, and can anyone tells us where we can find out the history of the boston rockers; where they were made, when the last one was made and what type of wood this rocker is made of?

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    1. Gillian, 8 years ago
      Google 'boston rocking chair history'. Or any combination of those words.

      Excerpt from the CW article on rocking chairs - the link is below the paragraph.

      By the beginning of the 19th century, rocking chairs were becoming better engineered and ergonomic. Perhaps the most famous and ubiquitous design from this era—and one that is still being made today—was the Boston rocking chair, whose seat formed an S-shape with its front lip rolling down and its back lip rolling up. The seat was much more comfortable and supportive of the lower back than its predecessors and was later described by furniture chronicler Wallace Nutting as “the most popular chair ever made.”

      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/furniture/rocking-chairs

    2. PaulnKitty PaulnKitty, 8 years ago
      thankyou

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