How old is this chair and does it have any monetary value? Is it a sewing or nursing rocker? Thank you!
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Your rocker is an antique - made by Murphy Chair Co in Detroit, Michigan before the company moved to Kentucky.
Products made by Murphy were marked with decal labels that used the original Detroit address until 1919.
The Murphy Chair Company went out of business in 1954.
Description of chair:
"This small chair is a ladies sewing rocker, sometimes called a nursing rocker or slipper rocking chair. The chair is always bigger than child-size, but smaller than a full-size rocker would be. The lack of arms allowed the lady of the house to easily nurse an infant or sew a shirt while she rocked. These are utilitarian chairs, usually simple and made from pine. A sewing rocker in good condition from the late 1800s sold in 2020 for $125."
This is an excellent article about rocking chairs in general:
antiques.lovetoknow.com/
This style of chair is not very popular in the modern age as very few people are doing either of the tasks it was designed for: sewing or nursing.
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