What Is A Victorian Nursing Chair

The stuffing is braided which helps plump up the cushion to make it comfortable.
What is a victorian nursing chair. A nursing chair has a glider rocker motion built. Nursing chairs are mostly popular in the united kingdom and they date back to the victorian period between 1837 and 1901 during the rule of queen victoria. A nursing chair is a partially upholstered seating piece made to sit in when nursing a baby. In victorian times the nursing chair was a low seated partially upholstered chair.
Fine victorian rosewood ladies chair. Spoonback nursing chair 19th century walnut pink. Mahogany nursing chair with green upholstery c 1910. The seats had springs and were stuffed with horse hair to make it soft and comfortable.
Nursing included caring for children as well as breastfeeding the low seat of the chair allowed the mother who would have been wearing a stiff corset to interact with small children without bending over. 1920s pair of mahogany nursing chairs green upholstery. Genuine victorian 1837 1901 nursing chairs for sale from trusted antique dealers. A nursing chair is a chair that s comfortable when nursing an infant.