{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"35"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"thesconceptsTechnique":{"label":"Technique","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster19786"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Robert Bishop"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1870"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1990    25   29"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1990.25.29"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Maple, wool, metal"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"New Lebanon"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/2146/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"2146"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Rocking chair"},"geographyCity":{"value":"New Lebanon"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["FURNITURE","Collectors commonly refer to this form as a \"transitional\" piece of Shaker furniture because certain characteristics, like the chair's dramatically curved arms, served as the model for mass produced examples produced by the Mount Lebanon community starting in the early 1870s. A later example that used this form as inspiration is in AFAM's collection (1984.39.1).","Although the Shakers did not invent the rocking chair, they are credited with developing its design and promoting its use. At first, Shaker rockers were made for aged and infirm. But the comfort of the chairs had widespread appeal and since there were no prohibitions in their religion regarding comfort, the rockers were soon made for general use in the dormitories.Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, \"Rocking Chair,\" Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 127","Shaker object"]},"bibliography":{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Treasures of Folk Art: Museum of American Folk Art"},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Three Dimensional Works"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"New Lebanon"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"152218"},"geographyState":{"value":"New York"},"thesconceptsMaterials":{"label":"Materials","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster19786"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"103","content":"Artist unidentified"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Furniture/Furnishings"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["FURNITURE","Collectors commonly refer to this form as a \"transitional\" piece of Shaker furniture because certain characteristics, like the chair's dramatically curved arms, served as the model for mass produced examples produced by the Mount Lebanon community starting in the early 1870s. A later example that used this form as inspiration is in AFAM's collection (1984.39.1).","Although the Shakers did not invent the rocking chair, they are credited with developing its design and promoting its use. At first, Shaker rockers were made for aged and infirm. But the comfort of the chairs had widespread appeal and since there were no prohibitions in their religion regarding comfort, the rockers were soon made for general use in the dormitories.Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, \"Rocking Chair,\" Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 127","Shaker object"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1845"},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster19786"},"culture":{"label":"Culture","value":"Shaker"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1850\u20131865"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Thursday, April 13, 1989 - Sunday, July 16, 1989","exhibitionEndISODate":"1989-07-16","exhibitionID":"7","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1989-04-13","exhibitionBeginDate":"1989","exhibitionTitle":"Expressions of A New Spirit","exhibitionEndDate":"1989"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Sunday, September 14, 1980 - Sunday, December 7, 1980","exhibitionEndISODate":"1980-12-07","exhibitionID":"329","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1980-09-14","exhibitionBeginDate":"1980","exhibitionTitle":"American Folk Art \u2013 The View from New York","exhibitionEndDate":"1980"}]},"thesconceptsObjecttype":{"label":"Object Type","value":"http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster19786"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"45 x 24 7/8 x 25 3/4 \" (114.3 x 63.2 x 65.4 cm)"}}]}