Rocking chair

Japanese: ロッキング・チェア(英語表記)rocking chair
Rocking chair
A chair with front and back legs connected by two rockers that allows the chair to rock back and forth. It is believed to have been invented by B. Franklin in the United States in the 1760s and 1770s. Rockers were used in medieval cradles, but their application to chair legs had not been attempted until then. There are two types of rocking chairs: the Windsor chair type and the ladder-back chair type. The former type was made in Boston, USA around 1800. It has a floral pattern on the top rail made using a stencil, a curved seat, and a low seat, making it stable and comfortable to sit in. It was called the "Boston rocker" and was widely used in America.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
前脚と後脚を2本の揺り子(ロッカーrocker)で接合し,前後に揺り動かすことができる椅子。アメリカで1760~70年代にB.フランクリンが発明したとみなされている。ロッカーは中世期の揺りかごに使われたが,これを椅子の脚に応用することは,それまで実施されていなかった。ロッキング・チェアにはウィンザー・チェア型とラダー・バック・チェア型の二つがある。1800年ころアメリカのボストンで作られたのは前者のタイプで,笠木に型紙を使って草花模様を施し,シートが湾曲し,しかも座面が低く,安定感と座り心地のよい椅子で,〈ボストン・ロッカーBoston rocker〉と呼ばれ,アメリカで広く愛用された。

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