Talk:Rocking chair

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[edit] Remove care

The caring part should be removed, maybe moved to other wikimedia site.

[edit] Incorrect statement

The article stated previously, "It was quickly improved upon by various manufacturers and by the early 1800's was a common fixture in most well to do homes."

This statement is wrong on a number of points. First, there were no furniture "manufacturers" in the early 1800s. Factory-made furniture did not appear until the mid-1800s. Second, a rocking chair was not a high-end piece of furniture and it was popular amongst rural agrarian classes, not the upper classes. Rocking chairs first appeared in simple, modest forms, notably so-called birdcage rockers, which were modified birdcage windsor chairs. These were primarily used in kitchens. Third, the rocking chair did not really take on until the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century. For more information, see "American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms," by Nancy Goyne Evans.

I have edited to correct this and other errors. 71.162.248.100 (talk) 03:31, 30 November 2007 (UTC)