A Mission style armchair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The chair features a broad back, a molded chair seat, and broad, flat armrests constructed with reddish dark brown finished wood. The chair back has three, flat, center slats that attach to the straight top rail. The top rail is attached to the rest of the chair frame with a single, silver tone screw on each side. The chair frame also has slightly rounded ears, squared back posts, and straight, squared legs. The chair has a short, plain apron and a single squared stretcher between the two front chair legs. The front chair legs are significantly discolored near the bottom of each leg.
| Date | mid 20th century |
| Manufactured by | Unidentified |
| Owned by | Clayton Sinclair, American |
| Owned by | Hazel Sinclair, American |
| Subject of | Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976 |
| Place collected | Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America |
| Medium | varnish on wood with steel |
| Dimensions | H x W x D: 37 1/8 × 24 1/2 × 22 in. (94.3 × 62.2 × 55.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc. |
| Object number | 2011.12.25 |
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