Anna McNeill Whistler's Rocking Chair

This chair was the one Anna McNeill Whistler was sitting on when her son, James McMeill Whistler, used her for the famous painting Whistler's Mother. Sitting the chair ages the user rapidly.

Origin
Anna Matilda (née McNeill) Whistler (September 27, 1804 – January 3, 1881) was the mother of American-born, British-based painter, James McNeill Whistler, who made her the subject of his famous painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, often titled, Whistler's Mother.