- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- mid 20th Century
- Medium
- cotton (textile) on wood with polyurethane and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Overall): 32 × 35 × 30 in. (81.3 × 88.9 × 76.2 cm)
- H x W x D (2011.12.2a): 32 × 35 × 30 in. (81.3 × 88.9 × 76.2 cm)
- H x W x D (2011.12.2b): 4 1/2 × 22 5/16 × 21 7/16 in. (11.4 × 56.7 × 54.5 cm)
- Description
- 2011.12.2ab: An upholstered armchair (2011.12.2a) with cushion (2011.12.2b) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
- 2011.12.2a: An upholstered armchair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The overstuffed chair is covered with an orange-brown woven fabric that covers the entire frame of the chair. The armchair has a padded backrest, padded scrolled arms, and padded wingbacks. The wingbacks and arms flare outwards. The backrest widens slightly at the top and the top half features two rows of button tufts with three at the top, and two below. The base of the chair has a short, box pleat skirt separated from the base by a piped seam. There are two white tags sewn to the base of the chair. The top tag identifies the cover as [TONI AZTEC] fabric with an [F 1160] style number. The bottom tag is a manufacturer's label identifying the materials used.
- 2011.12.2b: A matching seat cushion (2011.12.2b) from an armchair (2011.12.2a) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The square shaped cushion is covered with an orange-brown woven fabric which matches the rest of the armchair. The cushion has piped seams running around the top and bottom edges.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Textiles and Quilts
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Type
- armchairs
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Black interiors
- Business
- Recreation
- Segregation
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
- Object number
- 2011.12.2ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




