Nichols and Stone Child's Rocker

 

This is the rocking chair my Grandmother gave me when I was a child. I loved sitting in it looking at books or watching Captain Kangaroo.  The chair stayed at my parents home until they retired to Ocean Pines,  when it made its way to my house.  When Holly came along the chair became her place to sit and read books and watch Sesame Street.  When she grew out of the chair it made its way to the attic.  I was excited to bring it back into the house for Dylan.  When he's here, he sits in it and looks at books and watches the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

 3 Generations of Little Rockers in this chair.

 

 

 We have had some conflict recently...Our little Riah also likes sitting in the chair and two little butts just will not fit into that seat at the same time. 

  

The chair was made by Nichols and Stone,
the oldest furniture-building company in the United States.

 Last weekend we drove by a little antique store on our way to get lunch.  I said to Lou, "We need to turn around.  I think I saw a child's rocking chair like the one my Grandmother gave me sitting in front of that little shop."   We went back and look what we found...
a chair for Riah. 

The owner of the shop thought the chair was from the 1960's and it is a bit more beat up than my chair but I'll clean it up and wax it and my darling granddaughter will have her own rocking chair to sit in when she comes to visit Mom Mom and Gramps.