This rocking chair made of longhorn horns with wooden rockers, with a seat and narrow back upholstered in brown and white cowhide, was made by Charles A. (1873–1975) and Nancy Ellen “Ella” (1875–1979) Calwell shortly after their marriage in 1898. The couple used the chair in their home in Wetmore, Nemaha County, KS, and then brought with them when they moved to Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, in 1927. Charles first became interested in horn furniture after seeing a chair in an old wagon in 1895. He took a job helping dehorn cattle in Wetmore to be able to acquire horns and made his first piece in 1896. The Calwells both came to Wetmore with their families at a young age, he from Illinois and she from Iowa. Their horn furniture represents the cattle industry in Kansas, as well as Victorian interest in animals and taxidermy.