Sam Maloof Style Solid Spalted Maple and Woven Leather Rocking Chair
By Sam Maloof
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Modern studio crafted rocking chair In the manner of Sam Maloof or George Nakashima USA, Early 21st Century Sculpted solid spalted maple, with woven leather seat. ...
Leather, Maple
1930's Modernist Rocking Lounge Chair by Scandinavian designer Herman De Vries
By Herman de Vries
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Modernist rocking chair from the 1930's by designer Herman De Vries for Sikes Furniture Company of Buffalo. Gorgeous Maplewood construction joined with dowels. Completely original an...
Wood, Maple
Sam Maloof Style Tiger Maple Rocking Chair
By Sam Maloof
Located in Cambridge, US
USA, ca. 2000s. A stunning and sculptural rocking chair after American woodworker and studio furniture maker Sam Maloof (1916-2009). Features incredible fiddleback maple construction...
Maple
$832Sale Price|30% Off
Mid Century Maple Rocking Chair with Spindle Back
Located in Freehold, NJ
This mid century rocking chair features solid maple construction, original maple finish, high back design with rounded spindles, and uniquely shaped arm rests. Dimensions: 23.5w 31d...
Maple
$2,250 / item
Modern Indoor Rocking Chair in solid hardwood
By Marco Bogazzi
Located in Portland, OR
Elevate your living space with this contemporary rocking chair, a stunning blend of modern design and traditional craftsmanship. Proudly made in the USA from premium solid hardwood, ...
Mahogany, Teak, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Walnut
Artisan-Made Spindle Back Rocking Chair In The Style Of Sam Maloof
By Sam Maloof
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning artisan-made rocking chair is hand-crafted in the style of acclaimed American furniture maker and woodworker Sam Maloof who is considered a central figure of the post-w...
Maple
Antique Windsor Farmhouse Style Maple Stat Back Rocking Chair & Cushion Rocker
Located in Dayton, OH
A lovely rocking chair from the first half of the 20th century. Made from maple with a combination of Windsor and farmhouse styling. Features a contoured crest rail, slat back and ...
Maple
Colonial American High-Back Rocking Chair by Herman De Vries for Sikes Furniture
By Sikes Chair Company, Herman de Vries
Located in Buffalo, NY
Colonial American style solid maple wood high-back rocking chair designed by Herman de Vries for Sikes Furniture Co. This rocking chair is from the 1930s and is all handmade. Wonderf...
Maple
Authentic RAR Rocking Chair by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller, 1960s
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Authentic and rare RAR Rocking chair designed by Ray & Charles Eames for Herman Miller. This rocking chair was manufactured in the 1960s. The rocking chair is in original vintage con...
Metal
Classic Windsor Style Rocking Chair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautifully made Windsor style rocking chair in what looks like maple, having modeled seat and fine spindles on a curved back. The legs are also lovely turned wood and the whole rock...
Maple
$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
Handcrafted Artisan Studio Rocking Chair by Jeffry Mann 1987
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous handcrafted artisan studio rocking chair by Jeffry Mann, circa 1987. This American made classic has a birds-eye maple frame with black walnut back spindles and striping; the...
Maple, Leather
American Victorian Rocking Chair, Maple & Red Velvet, Circa 1880-1900
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian faux bamboo maple rocking chair with red velvet paneled back and seat.
Maple, Velvet
Hand-Made Pair of Boston Rockers for Mother and Child
Located in Asheville, NC
This adorable pair of mother and child Boston Rockers are wonderful examples of timeless American furniture form. At the back of the chairs there are seven turned spindles topped wit...
Maple, Pine, Hickory
Unavailable
H 42 in W 28 in D 40 in
Upholstered Kenebec Rocking Chair with flexible slats by Erickson Woodworking
By Erickson Woodworking
Located in Nevada City, CA
The Kenebec Rocker is an upholstered rocking chair by Erickson Woodworking that features their signature flexible "floating back" which makes for a supremely comfortable sit. Every p...
Maple, Walnut
Unavailable
H 42.5 in W 30 in D 39 in
Plybent Maple Rocking Chair with Raspberry Strap Seat, Made in the USA
By Peter Danko
Located in York, PA
The classic Atmos Rocker draws inspiration from the Shaker design tradition with the purity of modernism: clean, elegant lines, ears as a nod to nature. There is a balanced tension b...
Maple
Unavailable
H 42.5 in W 30 in D 39 in
Plybent Rocking Chair with Blue Strap Seat Handcrafted in the USA
By Peter Danko
Located in York, PA
The Classic Atmos Rocker draws inspiration from the Shaker design tradition with the purity of modernism: clean, elegant lines, ears as a nod to nature. There is a balanced tension b...
Maple
Unavailable
H 42.5 in W 30 in D 39 in
Custom Color Plybent Maple Rocking Chair by Peter Danko, Made in USA
By Peter Danko
Located in York, PA
The Classic Atmos Rocker draws inspiration from the Shaker design tradition with the purity of modernism: clean, elegant lines, ears as a nod to nature. There is a balanced tension b...
Maple
Unavailable
H 42.5 in W 30 in D 39 in
Plybent Maple Rocking Chair with Black Strap Seat Handcrafted in the USA
By Peter Danko
Located in York, PA
The classic Atmos Rocker draws inspiration from the Shaker design tradition with the purity of modernism: clean, elegant lines, ears as a nod to nature. There is a balanced tension b...
Maple
Unavailable
H 42.5 in W 30 in D 39 in
Orange Strap Plybent Maple Rocking Chair Made in USA by Peter Danko
By Peter Danko
Located in York, PA
The Classic Atmos Rocker draws inspiration from the Shaker design tradition with the purity of modernism: clean, elegant lines, ears as a nod to nature. There is a balanced tension b...
Maple
Unavailable
H 42.5 in W 30 in D 39 in
Plybent Rocking Chair with Red Strap Seat Handcrafted in the USA
By Peter Danko
Located in York, PA
The Classic Atmos Rocker draws inspiration from the Shaker design tradition with the purity of modernism: clean, elegant lines, ears as a nod to nature. There is a balanced tension b...
Maple
Modern Wood Luna Rocking Chair with Webbed Seat by Goebel
By Martin Goebel
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Ebonized walnut. Rocking chairs have been a focus of furniture designers for centuries, quite simply because they are difficult to make. Here’s one where comfort and design meet righ...
Cotton, Maple
Unavailable
H 42 in W 26 in D 36 in
J. Rusten Studio-crafted Sculptural Modern Rocking Chair in Maple and Walnut
By J. Rusten Furniture Studio
Located in Stockton, CA
When we set out to design the modern rocking chair we followed a series of directives: it must be extremely comfortable with no upholstery. It must have a high enough back to allow a...
Hardwood, Maple, Walnut
Unavailable
H 42 in W 26 in D 36 in
J. Rusten Studio-Crafted Sculptural Modern Rocking Chair in Maple and Cherry
By J. Rusten Furniture Studio
Located in Stockton, CA
When we set out to design the modern rocking chair we followed a series of directives: it must be extremely comfortable with no upholstery. It must have a high enough back to allow a...
Hardwood, Cherry, Maple
Bleached Maple Wood Luna Rocking Chair with Webbed Seat by Goebel
By Martin Goebel
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Rocking chairs have been a focus of furniture designers for centuries, quite simply because they are difficult to make. Here’s one where comfort and design meet right in the middle. ...
Cotton, Maple
Sold
H 44 in W 26.5 in D 33 in
S Bent Brothers Colonial Maple American Eagle Bicentennial Rocking Chair Rocker
By S. Bent and Bros.
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique rocking chair by S. Bent & Bros. Made of Maple featuring colonial styling with slatted back and turned posts with a stenciled American Eagle 1776*-1976 banner and stars. 833...
Maple
Eames Fiberglass Rocking Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Cambridge, US
USA, ca. 1950s. A classic RAR chair, which stands for Rocking Armchair, Rod base. Originally designed by Charles & Ray Eames in 1948, this example dates to 1959. Conceived as a proto...
Metal
Eames Fiberglass Rocking Chair
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Cambridge, US
USA, ca. 1950s. A classic RAR chair, which stands for Rocking Armchair, Rod base. Originally designed by Charles & Ray Eames in 1948, this example dates to 1959. Conceived as a proto...
Fiberglass, Maple
Herman de Vries High Back Rocking Chair, Sikes Furniture 1930's
By Herman de Vries, Sikes Chair Company
Located in Rochester, NY
American colonial modernist style solid maple tall back rocking chair in good original condition w/ nicely aged warm color patina. Designed by Herman de Vries for Sikes Furniture Com...
Maple
Big Kids Maple Windsor Rocking Chair Rocker
Located in Germantown, MD
Elegant Classic Windsor style rocking chair for big kids. Optional cushion available. Great vintage condition. Measures 21.75W at the arms, 22.75"D x 32"H. Seat height is 11" and ...
Maple
Mid-Century Rocking Chair Attributed to Billy Haines, 1950s
By William Billy Haines
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vintage mid-century rocking chair attributed to Billy Haines. Features tufted upholstery with new curly wool Belgian boucle fabric. The solid maple frame is in good condition with ...
Wool, Bouclé, Maple
Sold
H 38.5 in W 19 in D 25 in
American Signed Shaker Rocking Chair from South Family, Mt. Lebanon, N.Y. 19th C
By Mt. Lebanon Shaker Community
Located in Wells, ME
American Signed shaker maple rocking chair from the Community of shakers called the South Family, Mount Lebanon, New York. This chair has the original makers label stating Shaker's (...
Fabric, Maple
ETHAN ALLEN Circa 1776 Solid Maple Windsor Style Rocking Chair
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Windsor Style rocking chair by Ethan Allen, from their Circa 1776 Collection. Solid maple with bowback, turned spindles, turned legs and stretcher. Made in the USA, circa 1980's. ...
Maple
19th Century Child's Maple Shaker Rocking Armchair
By Mt. Lebanon Shaker Community
Located in Savannah, GA
Antique child's maple rocker with arms marked with only the number 1 It retains it original dark walnut color varnish and rush seat. Nice old worn patina. See measurements below.
Rush, Maple
VIRGINIA HOUSE Mid 20th Century Maple Windsor Rocking Chair
Located in Charlotte, NC
A vintage Windsor style rocking chair by Viriginia House. Solid maple with bowback, turned spindles, turned legs, stretchers and rockers. Made in Atkins, Virginia, USA, in the mid 20...
Maple
Sold
H 27 in W 24.5 in D 27 in
Ray and Charles Eames Rope Edge Zenith Armchair Rocker Purchased in 1951
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ray and Charles Eames Rope Edge Zenith Armchair with an early Herman Miller Label. Iconic Classic in great shape! The shell looks amazing, showing a nice amount of fiber. Maple Runne...
Metal
Russel Wright Spindle Back Rocking Chair for Conant Ball
By Conant Ball, Russel Wright
Located in Miami, FL
Spindle back maple wood rocker designed by Russel Wright and manufactured by Conant Ball.
Maple
Charles and Ray Eames Original RAR Rocking Chair 1961
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charles and Ray Eames Original RAR rocking chair, dated 1961. Bought from the Original Detroit Family, bought when their first daughter was born! In very nice shape, with black paint...
Metal
Antique 19th Century Shaker No. 7 Rocking Chair with Shawl Bar
Located in Peabody, MA
Original Mt. Lebanon, NY Shaker rocker circa 1890s. Stamped # 7, the largest adult size. In stained maple with shawl bar above the top back rest.
Upholstery, Maple
Spindle Back Rocking Chair by Russel Wright for Conant Ball
By Conant Ball, Russel Wright
Located in Littleton, CO
Russel Wright's Classic spindle back rocking chair for Conant Ball.
Maple
Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller 2nd Generation Big Bushing Rar
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charles and Ray Eames 2nd generation rar rocker. Very clean example! Bought from the original owners! Never out of the house, rockers always on carpet! Shell shows nice fiber, all or...
Metal
Early 19th Century South West Ladder High Back Rocking Chair
By Shaker Style
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Early 19th century South West ladder high back rocker chair Great country accent, ladder high back rocking chair. Beautiful sausage turnings. Thick lower taper to the legs is an earl...
Maple
The phrase “rocking chair” didn’t find its way into the dictionary until the mid-18th century. While most of the sitting furniture that we use in our homes originated in either England or France, the iconic rocking chair is a quintessentially American piece of furniture.
A Philadelphia cabinetmaker’s bill for a proto-rocking chair issued in 1742, which identified the seat as a “Nurse Chair with rockers,” is the earliest surviving evidence of this design’s humble beginnings. The nurse chair was a low side chair intended for nursing women, so giving it a soothing rocking motion made sense. Rocking chairs, which saw a curved slat affixed to the chairs’ feet so that they could be literally rocked, quickly gained popularity across the United States, garnering a reputation as a seat that everyone could love. They offered casual comfort without the expensive fabrics and upholstery that put armchairs out of many families’ budgets.
Rocking chairs are unique in that they don’t just offer a place to rest — they offer an opportunity to reminisce. The presence of one of these classic pieces stirs up our penchant for nostalgia and has the power to transform a space. They easily introduce a simple country feel to the city or bring the peaceful rhythm of a porch swing into a sheltered sunroom. Although craftsmen took to painting and stenciling varieties of the chairs that emerged in New England during the 19th century, the most traditional rocking chairs are generally unadorned seats constructed with time-tested materials like wood and metal. As such, a minimalist vintage rocking chair can be ushered into any corner of your home without significantly disrupting your existing decor scheme or the room’s color palette.
In the decades since the first rocker, top designers have made the piece their own. Viennese chair maker Michael Thonet produced a series of rockers in the middle of the 19th century in which the different curved steam-bent wood parts were integrated into fluid, sinuous wholes. Mid-century modernists Charles and Ray Eames added wooden rockers to their famous plastic shell armchair, while Danish designer Frank Reenskaug opted for teak and polished beech, introducing pops of color with small cushions (a precursor to the bold works that would follow in the 1970s and 1980s).
No matter your personal style, let 1stDibs pair you with your perfect seat. Deck out your porch, patio or parlor — browse the vintage, new and antique rocking chairs in our vast collection today.
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