Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
1860s English Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Rush, Beech
Early 20th Century American Colonial Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Cane, Maple
Late 18th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Wood
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Oak
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Oak
Late 19th Century British Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Elm
Early 20th Century American Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Wood
Late 19th Century British Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Ebony
Late 18th Century American Adirondack Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Rattan, Wood
Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Fabric, Oak
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Upholstery, Oak
Early 20th Century American Mission Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Oak
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Wood, Leather, Fabric, Upholstery
19th Century American Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Maple, Pine, Hickory
1870s American Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Horn
19th Century Primitive Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Wood
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Hardwood
Late 18th Century British Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Fabric, Walnut
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
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Cane, Wood
1890s Scottish Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Oak
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Austrian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Cane, Wood
1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Steel
19th Century American Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Upholstery, Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Beech
1940s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Papercord, Wood
20th Century American Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Wood
Late 19th Century Eastlake Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Upholstery, Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Upholstery, Teak
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Naugahyde, Wood
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Teak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Brass
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1920s British Arts and Crafts Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Oak
19th Century American Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Hardwood, Paint
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Walnut
19th Century English Folk Art Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Pine
Early 20th Century American Colonial Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Pine
Early 20th Century Country Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Cane, Maple
Late 18th Century European Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Ash, Elm
18th Century and Earlier Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Chestnut
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Elm
Late 19th Century British Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Oak
19th Century Folk Art Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Hardwood, Paint
Early 20th Century American Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Oak
1890s American Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Oak
19th Century American Shaker Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
19th Century English Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Iron
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Elm
Mid-19th Century American Classical Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Maple, Bentwood
1850s American Classical Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Oak
Early 1900s American Shaker Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Ash, Cherry
Late 18th Century American American Colonial Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Wood
Early 20th Century Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Wood, Leather
19th Century American Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Pine
1870s English Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Fruitwood
1910s American Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Oak
Early 20th Century North American Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Fabric, Wood
19th Century American Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Pine
1880s American Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Early 20th Century Swedish Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Mid-18th Century American Folk Art Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Wood
Early 1900s American American Craftsman Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Oak
18th Century Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Elm
Early 20th Century Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Spindle Back Rocking Chair
Brass
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Finding the Right rocking-chairs for You
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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