Furniture pattern book / W.H. Rocke & Co.
A trade catalogue of furniture patterns issued by the firm W.H. Rocke & Co. in 1874, aimed at retailers and buyers of chairs. The page shows a dozen chairs and rockers drawn in line on cream paper, with the maker's name repeated in red across the plates. A designer could take from it the compact, numbered arrangement of 1870s seating silhouettes, from spooled rockers to bentwood-style and cane-backed chairs, useful for period interiors.
