Description:
A red painted wicker/ wood child’s rocking chair, the base/seat and rocker is in red painted wood. An inset of patted upholstery forms the sitting area.

Material:
Wicker & wood

Maker/Artist:
Unknown

Date:
c. 1900

Provenance:
Dahlgren, Drexel, Wharton Estate

Size of Artwork:
H. 24 x W. 13.5 x D. 8 in

Weight (LBS)
6.8

Condition:
No issues,

History:
Dahlgren Drexel Wharton Estate Genealogy
Sarah Madeline Goddard/ Dahlgren (Vinton) (1825-1898) Second wife of John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Daughter of Samuel Finley Vinton & Romaine Vinton, Mother to John Vinton Dahlgren I, Eric Sr. Bernard Dahlgren & Ulrica Mary Madeleine Pierce.
Eric Sr. Bernard Dahlgren (1866-1922) Son of Sarah Madeline Goddard/ Dahlgren & John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Husband to Lucy Wharton Dahlgren.
John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (1809-1870) Husband to Sarah Madeline Goddard/ Dahlgren (Vinton)
Elizabeth Dahlgren (Drexel) (1868-1944)AKA Bessie, Married John Vinton Dahlgren I, daughter to Lucy Wharton & Joseph William Drexel, Mother to Joseph Drexel Dahlgren & John Vinton Dahlgren Jr, Second Husband Henry Symes Lehr & John Graham Hope de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies.
Camilla Anderson (Cromwell) (1828-2012)Daughter of Oliver Eaton Cromwell Jr & Kathrine Drexel Cromwell/Emmet, wife of Charles Anderson. Lucretia Bishop Stotesbury (Roberts) (1864-1946), Married Oliver Eaton Cromwell Sr., mother to Oliver Eaton Cromwell Jr.
Oliver Eaton Cromwell Jr. (1892-1987) Son of Lucretia Bishop Stotesbury (Roberts) & Oliver Eaton Cromwell Sr., second wife was Katherine Drexel Cromwell/Emmet (Dahlgren)
Katherine Drexel Cromwell/Emmet (Dahlgren) (1894-1966)Granddaughter of John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren & Sarah Madeline Goddard/ Dahlgren (Vinton), daughter of Eric Sr. Bernard Dahlgren & Lucy Wharton Dahlgren (Drexel).
Lucy Wharton Dahlgren (Drexel) (1867-1943) Daughter of Joseph William Drexel & Lucy Drexel, wife of Eric Sr. Bernard Dahlgren, mother to Katherine Drexel Cromwell/Emmet, Ulrica May Dahlgren, Lucy Dahlgren, Madeline Dahlgren, Olga Dahlgren, sister of Elizabeth Dahlgren, Joseph Wharton Drexel and Katherine Drexel.
Eric Sr. Bernard Dahlgren (1866-1922) Son of John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren & Sarah Madeline Goddard/ Dahlgren (Vinton), husband to Lucy Wharton Dahlgren (Drexel), brother of John Vinton Dahlgren I, and Ulrica Mary Madeleine Pierce.
John Vinton Dahlgren II (1892-1964) Son of Elizabeth Wharton Drexel & John Vinton Dahlgren I
Henry Symes Lehr (1869-1929) Second husband of Elizabeth Dahlgren (Drexel)
John Graham Hope de la Poer Beresford (1866-1944) Third husband of Elizabeth Dahlgren (Drexel)
Natural Victorian sheet music stand, Heywood Bros. & Wakefield, Co., ca. 1890's. The American production of wicker furniture began in the 1840's, after the Chinese had opened a number of treaty ports to foreign trade. Clipper ships would leave China bound for America with a variety of goods, from expensive silks to fine porcelain. Whole rattan was used as dunnage to secure the cargo and prevent shifting and would later be left at the docks. One day in 1844, 33-year-old Cyrus Wakefield, a grocer by trade, collected an armful of rattan which had been discarded at Constitution Wharf in Boston. Intrigued by its flexibility, Wakefield took the rattan home and wrapped a provincial-style chair. While not a furniture maker, Wakefield immediately saw the potential and quit his day job.Initially, Wakefield traded rattan for resale to basket makers and furniture manufacturers, who used only the outer canes to weave chair seats and backs. In 1855, Wakefield and his wife left Boston and moved to South Reading, Massachusetts, where he established the Wakefield Rattan Company. He continued to sell the imported rattan throughout the United States and he continued to experiment with wicker furniture. Bending oak or hickory into flowing shapes, the frames were filled with ornate rattan patterns and wrapped with split cane. Wakefield realized the reed or inner pith of the whole rattan plant had tremendous flexibility, enabling him to create ornate, Victorian designs. Throughout the 1860's the Wakefield Rattan Company cornered the market on the wicker furniture industry. From 1865-1880, the majority of wicker furniture was made for indoor use, although it was becoming fashionable as garden and porch furniture. A businessman and investor, Wakefield's generosity also matched his success. He would donate both the money and the land for construction of the South Reading town hall and in 1868, the citizens of South Reading voted to rename their town Wakefield in his honor. Natural Victorian revolving bookcase table. Wakefield Rattan Company had fierce competition from another furniture maker, Heywood Brothers Company of Gardner, Massachusetts. Their rivalry from the 1870's through the late 1890's would mark the period known as The Golden Age of Wicker, as both furniture designers created increasingly exotic and elaborate wicker pieces. Their originality and craftsmanship were unparalleled.In 1897 the Wakefield Rattan Co. merged with the firm of Heywood Bros. and for the next two decades this newly formed company all but monopolized sales of quality wicker furniture. As the 1900's progressed, Victorian and Art-Nouveau designs were considered increasingly gauche. Angular European designs began to curry favor and the Arts and Crafts movement took hold. The Gustav Stickley Company of Eastwood, New York began creating no-nonsense Mission-style