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<p>[QUOTE="Darkwing Manor, post: 494984, member: 738"]This is a less common example of the "Lincoln" rocker form, so named because a similar but upholstered version was the chair President Lincoln was sitting in when assassinated at Ford's Theater. I find this one unusual for two reasons. The back has spindles AND a hand-woven cane panel, while the seat looks to have a routed channel and spline to hold a machine-woven piece of caning. I've never seen a chair that originally had both types of caning technique present. It's possible that the seat was modified after c. 1870 to accommodate the machine-caning, because it's faster, cheaper and doesn't require the weaving knowledge. The only way to tell is to look at the underside of the seat. This is a mystery![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Darkwing Manor, post: 494984, member: 738"]This is a less common example of the "Lincoln" rocker form, so named because a similar but upholstered version was the chair President Lincoln was sitting in when assassinated at Ford's Theater. I find this one unusual for two reasons. The back has spindles AND a hand-woven cane panel, while the seat looks to have a routed channel and spline to hold a machine-woven piece of caning. I've never seen a chair that originally had both types of caning technique present. It's possible that the seat was modified after c. 1870 to accommodate the machine-caning, because it's faster, cheaper and doesn't require the weaving knowledge. The only way to tell is to look at the underside of the seat. This is a mystery![/QUOTE]
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