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ROCKING CHAIR

Datec. 1940
Dimensions55 x 32 x 14 cm (21 5/8 x 12 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Object numberHF.2022.35.3
DescriptionA child’s hand-made wooden rocking chair, light brown in colour with images of a cat on the seat back and side panels. The seat is square with rounded front corners and a point at the center of the front edge. The underside of the seat has pencil inscription at the top, center which says “Made by / De?mon ??? / Georgetown”. The side panels are each in the shape of a cat with arched back, raised tail and four legs, each secured to the rockers with four round nails. The seat back is in the shape of a cat’s face with a rounded bottom edge, a diamond shaped mouth, oval nose, two round eyes with pointed corners, and triangular shaped ears.
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