Antique American Rocking Chairs - Types History Development / Scarce Book

Description

Profusely illustrated in black-and-white, this early out-of-print book provides an in-depth survey of the history and development of the American rocking chair.
THE ROCKING CHAIR BOOK
by Ellen and Bert Denker, A Main Street Press Book, Mayflower Books Inc., NY, 1979 First Edition.
This book is a scholarly study of the rocking chair through both pictures and rich narrative.  Pictured are photographs of various types of rocking chairs, rocking chairs in their original settings, and numerous reproduced advertisement and sale catalog illustrations of rocking chairs. This book discusses the rocking chair as being an American invention (some attribute its design to Benjamin Franklin), and it discusses how the rocking chair changed over time with period furniture designs.  This is a most complete reference book on the subject that will assist the reader in identifying and dating American rocking chairs.
8.5” x 9.9” softback in very good condition.  192 pages.
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