1800s handmade child's rocking chair / turned pegged spindles / rare condition

Description: NOTE are many more pictures / photo's to see below the description we do not use the ebay picture system for our PHOTOGRAPHS ..... also NOTE we USUALLY have over 250 antique , odd , unusual & collectible items listed in our BUY IT NOW department on ebay ...... for interesting glass , pottery , oil paintings , lamps , dolls and more .... please check out our vintage listings for the things we used to put in our ebay store ... Hi again ............ amazing original finish .......... tramp art / folk art or primitive ......... it was made by a real craftsman and a long time ago ......... it will take a lot of talk to describe this wonderful old rocker ...... it seriously has a lot of desirable things in its life ........ lol . OK now ........ the rocking chair is old ....... might well date to the civil war or earlier ...... all handmade ...... all or the wood is hand turned ....... cut and pegged mostly ......... nice detailed work ...... the bottom spindles are hand shaved ....... the rockers are both original ....... but one day one of them came off ..... and they drilled into the rocker ...... screwed it back on and counter sunk the holes ...... an early and wonderful repair ...... i do not think the seat is original ....... it has horsehair stuffing coming out of the bottom ...... i have tucked it up and put bubble wrap under it to retain the stuffing ........ the top is bark cloth ....... it has been on the rocker for a hundred years ........ it has a couple of rips ..... but i would preserve it ...... you can decide when you own it ....... lol made for children .... a little girl or boy ...... 2 years old or so ....... it is nearly a miniature and measures only ...... 26 inches high ........ spoon carved back ......... and all of the back spindles match and are tight into the chair ........ the rockers measure ....... 23 inches long ...... the seat is about ...... 12 inches by 12 inches ........ the arms are both screwed on ...... it is how it was done and it is not in any way repaired ........ but this is quite solid ....... a fine seat for the nursery ...... or in the doll room .... holding a large teddy bear ...... lol i hope the pictures tell the rest of my story ...... this is a fine and early piece of american antique furniture ........ off the farm , from an estate auction .......... i loved it ..... thank you for taking the time to search out this listing ........ my family appreciates how hard it is becoming to find anything on this site ALSO PLEASE NOTE ..... should something be damaged in shipping or if there is a flaw in anything we have sold to you , PLEASE email us and tell us about it ..... we stand behind everything that we sell , and offer a complete refund on all items. nancy or jon have taken a picture of the most interesting parts on each item ..... my mom is often seen in the gallery photos showing the size of the item we have listed ....... 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" having said that , UPS once broke our cast iron kitchen skillet " ....... so you never know ..... heh heh thank you again for taking the time to visit this listing .... best wishes and good luck in all of your searches ..... I hope you liked our early american woodcraft stuff ...... . art pottery or porcelain make an interesting gift for a friends birthday ..... or next Christmas ....... halloween perhaps ........ ( well it is never to soon to shop for SOME holiday ) ..... ............ and FINALLY ..... i have more antique ..... rare ..... unusual & sometimes just weird things in my ..... BUY IT NOW listings .... ....... thanks again ....... tony , jon , mom, & nancy. PS ....10 years ago ....... ebay used to be more fun ...... sigh FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.

Price: 170 USD

Location: Fairmount, Indiana

End Time: 2024-11-17T20:12:42.000Z

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