Nursing Chairs?

[Rauville]

A friend asked me about a low-seated oak arm chair that he has, and I said that it might have been designed as a "Nursing Chair". He wondered why, and I explained that the low seat was to allow accessibility to the baby which could have been in a cradle on the floor.
Were there more logical reasons for the low seat?

[mart]

Yes,, Ladies shoes !!  Slipper chairs !!

[KC]

http://shorthistoryslipperchair.nova-antiques.com/

http://rockingchairsuk.com/articles/nursing-chairs.html

[cogar]

And it may have been designed for a child,



http://www.trocadero.com/stores/studio/items/826108/item826108.html

Or this style, ..........

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/armchairs/antique-mission-style-oak-childs-chair/id-f_819779/

[mart]

Correct,, Childrens chairs were often exact duplicates of the adult chairs only smaller !! But these were usually only affordable by the wealthy !!