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Iron Rocking Chair

Iron Rocking Chair probably by R.W. Winfield & Co. Birmingham, 1850s Upholstered with blue suede A similar rocking chair was shown by R.W. Winfield at the Great Exhibition of 1851, after which iron rocking-chairs became popular throughout Europe during the second half of the 19th Century. Similar piece illustrated in "1000 Chairs," Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Taschen, Cologne, 1997, p. 45.