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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Child's rocking chair, made of maple wood.
These types of boarded chairs for young children were developed from the 1700s and used in Wales throughout the 1800s. They were like portable nurseries: the child could be restrained in the chair with the use of a bar that ran from one side to the next. Underneath the seat there was space to place a hot brick to keep the baby warm and also there was a hole for a chamberpot. Many were made with a play table or feeding tray and they could be easily carried from one room to the next using the carrying handle. Around 1730.
Small chair of maple with solid sides, curved bottom to form rockers; solid sloping back, pierced at top; apron at front with ogee pattern; mahogany seat lifts to reveal commode beneath (pot missing); tray attached to arms by leather thongs and wooden pegs; tray is beaded around edges, some missing.
