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Thonet Bentwood Rocker

Iconic Thonet Style Bentwood Rocking Chair Natural Cane Rattan Seat Back Rocker
By Thonet
Located in Dayton, OH
Thonet style attributed rocking chair. Circa mid century. Made from hardwood in classic bentwood
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Mid-20th Century Victorian Rocking Chairs

Materials

Cane, Bentwood

Early Michael Thonet Bistro Dining Table in Bentwood and Cane - Austria
By Michael Thonet, Thonet
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Bistro dining table in bentwood and cane designed by Michael Thonet. Originally designed in the
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Antique 1860s Austrian Rococo Revival Dining Room Tables

Materials

Cane, Bentwood

Early Michael Thonet N.17 Bistro Dining Armchairs in Bentwood and Cane - Austria
By Thonet, Michael Thonet
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
, sinuous wholes. Thanks to Thonet, the humble rocker acquired something unexpected: style. And bentwood
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Antique 1860s Austrian Rococo Revival Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Cane, Bentwood

Early Michael Thonet N.17 Bistro Dining Set in Bentwood and Cane - Austria
By Thonet, Michael Thonet
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
, sinuous wholes. Thanks to Thonet, the humble rocker acquired something unexpected: style. And bentwood
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Antique 1860s Austrian Rococo Revival Dining Room Sets

Materials

Cane, Bentwood

1970s Bentwood and Velour Textile No.10 Rocking Chair Attributed Michael Thonet
By Thonet
Located in Madison, WI
Rock star rocker to have if you need to get a rocker. If you have a baby to rock, this is the
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Bentwood

Bauhaus Style Black Vinyl & Chrome Bentwood Style Rocking Chair After Thonet
By Thonet
Located in Topeka, KS
is an awesome bentwood style chrome and black faux leather rocking chair after styles by Thonet
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Late 20th Century Unknown Bauhaus Rocking Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Beech Bentwood Rocking Chair Attributed to Thonet
By Michael Thonet
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant sculpted bentwood Thonet rocker from Czechoslovakia c1960. Hand caned seat and
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Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs

Materials

Cane, Beech

Limited edition Rocking Chair Thonet Nr.1, 1993
By Thonet
Located in Praha, CZ
Thonet anniversary there was a new limited edition of 175 pieces for 4400,- Deutsche Mark. Thys rocker
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Antique Mid-19th Century German Belle Époque Rocking Chairs

Materials

Bentwood

Limited edition Rocking Chair Thonet Nr.1, 1993
Limited edition Rocking Chair Thonet Nr.1, 1993
H 41.74 in W 22.05 in D 46.07 in
Pair of Bentwood Rocking Chairs with Cane Seat and Back
By Thonet
Located in Miami, FL
This model is inspired by the Thonet no. 10 rocker from circa 1880. It´s made in Spain, circa 1940
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Rocking Chairs

Materials

Cane, Bentwood

No*10 Rocking Chair, Michael Thonet
By Michael Thonet
Located in London, GB
A vintage No.10 bentwood and cane rocking chair in black lacquer by Thonet, Austria. The Model No
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Arts and Crafts Rocking Chairs

Materials

Cane, Beech

No*10 Rocking Chair, Michael Thonet
No*10 Rocking Chair, Michael Thonet
H 40.16 in W 19.69 in D 40.95 in
Luigi Crassevig Italian Bentwood Rocking Chair with Woven Cane Seat, 1970s
By Luigi Crassevig
Located in San Francisco, CA
, and flourishes. Calls to mind similar bentwood rocker designs by iconic German furniture designer
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Vintage 1970s Italian Bohemian Rocking Chairs

Materials

Cane, Bentwood

Rare Lishman Rocker, Sculptural Chrome-Plated circa 1976, William Lishman
By Bill Lishman
Located in Buffalo, NY
1976 Lishman Rocker, an apparent homage to the sinuos lines of the Nouveau-influenced bentwood rocker
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Vintage 1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

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Michael Thonet Solid Beechwood and Cane no. 210 Armchair
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Vintage Thonet Style Large Bamboo Bentwood Cane Rattan Rocking Arm Chair
By Thonet
Located in Dayton, OH
A large Iconic bentwood rocking chair, attributed to Thonet. Made from bamboo in with caned back and seat. Measures: 22" x 42" x 42" / Seat Height - 20" at front before sitting, 1...
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Mid-20th Century Victorian Rocking Chairs

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20th Century Chinese Chippendale Victorian Revival Bamboo Caned Side Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 20th century bamboo and caned side chairs. Drawing inspiration from Victorian and Chinese Chippendale styling. Dimensions: 18" x 20" x 39", seat 17"
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Faux Bamboo Walnut large Framed Mirror, France mid 1800’s
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Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Victorian tiger bamboo pedestal side table with rice mat top and a secondary bottom shelf usually used for a potted plant. bamboo furniture from this era is usually associated w...
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Thonet Style Art Nouveau walnut Table, circa 1900
By Thonet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Thonet style Art Nouveau oak bistro table, circa 1900.
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An 18th c Rococo period armchair from Lindome, Sweden, hand-scraped to the original paint and newly upholstered in linen. Lovely shell motif on the back and seat frame with cabriole ...
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Vintage Ebonized Bamboo Rocking Chair, Thonet, Circa 1920
By Thonet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This classic bentwood rocking chair. made of lacquered black bamboo, is attributed to Thonet from the 1920s. The seat interior and back have been upholstered in a tiger print fabric,...
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Victorian Rocking Chairs

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Josef Hoffman Bentwood and Cane Prague Chair for Thonet, 8 available
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Greensboro, NC
Labeled set of Josef Hoffman Prague "811" Chairs, circa 1930s, produced by Thonet. Amazing original condition on this set of 8 side chairs- could be 1920s but likely 1930s. 4 armc...
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Early 20th Century European Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs

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Vintage Bentwood Rocking Chair Att. to Thonet
By Thonet
Located in New York, NY
Unusual bentwood and cane rocking chair, in the Vienna Secessionist style, probably mid 20th C vintage, Thonet - made in USA, unsigned. The chair is slightly smaller in scale, a vari...
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Mid-20th Century American Vienna Secession Rocking Chairs

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British Victorian Colonial Formed Bamboo & Cane Reclining Steamer Armchair
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A British Colonial Formed Bamboo & Cane Reclining Steamer armchair with Pull Out Footrest 1900's Exquisite indoor or outdoor reclining chair suited to both period and modern home ...
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Vintage Bentwood Child's Rocker
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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Early 20th Century North American Rocking Chairs

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By George Henshaw Sons, Edward Smith
Located in Lambertville, NJ
chairmaker and appears in his patent documentation of 1808. Remarkably, Gragg's bentwood chair technology
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By Thonet, Michael Thonet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Antique 1870s Austrian Art Nouveau Toys and Dolls

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Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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20th Century European Rocking Chairs

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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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By Thonet
Located in Water Mill, NY
Early Thonet Rocker with Hand Caining in Very Good Condition
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Early 20th Century Austrian Rocking Chairs

Materials

Bentwood, Cane

Antique Austrian Thonet Bentwood and Cane Rocker Rocking Chair
By Thonet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Austrian Thonet bentwood and cane rocker rocking chair. Item features a shapely bentwood
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Rocking Chairs

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Iconic Thonet Style Bentwood Rocking Chair Natural Cane Rattan Seat Back Rocker
By Thonet
Located in Dayton, OH
Thonet style attributed rocking chair. Circa mid century. Made from hardwood in classic bentwood
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Cane, Bentwood

Mid-Century Modern Thonet Bentwood & Cane Schaukelstuhl Rocker Rocking Chair 70s
By Michael Thonet
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a magnificent, Schaukelstuhl rocking chair, with a cane back on bentwood
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs

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Fantastic Signed Thonet Bentwood Rocking Chair
By Thonet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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By Michael Thonet
Located in Peekskill, NY
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Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Vintage Thonet Bentwood Austrian Mid-Century Modern Rocker Rocking Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Thonet Bentwood Austrian Mid-Century Modern Rocker rocking chair. Item features cane back
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs

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By Thonet
Located in Jacksonville, FL
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By Thonet
Located in Freehold, NJ
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Pair of Bentwood Rocking Chairs with Cane Seat and Back
By Thonet
Located in Miami, FL
This model is inspired by the Thonet no. 10 rocker from circa 1880. It´s made in Spain, circa 1940
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Chrome Modernist Rocking Chair, 1970s
By Thonet
Located in Chicago, IL
a modern take on Thonet's famous bentwood rocker
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H 42 in W 21.5 in D 40 in
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Located in Port Chester, NY
Antique Thonet rocker. The color of the bentwood is deep and has a lovely patina. Replaced cane is
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Antique 19th Century Austrian Chairs

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Wood, Cane

Antique Thonet Rocking Chair SALE
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H 35 in W 19 in D 40 in
1920s Art Deco Black Lacquer Stick Wicker Rocking Daybed, Restored
Located in Los Angeles, CA
functional art - whichever you wish to call it, has the playful and mesmerizing curves of the Thonet Bentwood
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19th Century Thonet Bentwood Rocker Chair
By Michael Thonet
Located in Soquel, CA
. This bentwood chair design goes back to the company's founder Michael Thonet and his sons. In 1860, in
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Antique 19th Century Austrian Late Victorian Rocking Chairs

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Wood

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By Thonet
Located in New York, NY
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Cane, Beech

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By Thonet
Located in New York, NY
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H 24 in W 15 in D 26 in
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By Thonet
Located in Esperance, NY
Great clean line signed thonet rocker.
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Bentwood

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H 32 in W 18 in D 34.25 in
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By Thonet
Located in New York, NY
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Early 20th Century Polish Vienna Secession Rocking Chairs

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Bentwood

Vintage Stendig Bentwood & Cane Rocker Double Circle Design w Handle by Thonet
By Thonet, Stendig Co.
Located in Topeka, KS
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20th Century Czech Bauhaus Rocking Chairs

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Michael Thonet Black Lacquered Model No.10 Rocking Chair
By Thonet
Located in London, GB
A vintage No.10 bentwood and cane rocking chair in black lacquer by Thonet, Austria. The Model No
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Early 20th Century Austrian Modern Rocking Chairs

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Wicker

Bentwood Rocker Model #10 with Cane Seat and Back
By Salvatore Leone
Located in Dronten, NL
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Rocking Chairs

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Ash, Cane

Antique Thonet Chair Bentwood Rocker Cane Victorian, 19th Century
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A breathtakingly beautiful original antique 19th century Victorian Thonet Vienna bentwood and cane
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Antique 19th Century Chairs

Bentwood Rocker by Antonio Volpe
By Antonio Volpe
Located in Chicago, IL
of the earliest foreign retailers of Thonet furniture. Eventually, presumably after Thonet's patent
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Early 20th Century Italian Rocking Chairs

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Cane

1920s Bentwood Italian Rocker Attributed Antonio Volpe
By Antonio Volpe
Located in Hudson, NY
A great example of bentwood furniture. Antonio Volpe was a very early Thonet retailer in the 19th
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Bentwood

Bentwood Rocking Chair by Thonet
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Large bentwood rocker with new cane, in the style of Josef Hoffman.
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Vintage 1950s Austrian Rocking Chairs

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Beech, Cane

Bentwood Rocking Chair by Thonet
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H 42 in W 20 in D 42 in
19th Century Winfield & Co, Metal Rocking Chair
By R. W. Winfield & Co.
Located in Paris, FR
design as by its materials. More than ten years before the creation of the first rocking chair bentwood
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Rocking Chairs

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Iron

19th Century Winfield & Co, Metal Rocking Chair
19th Century Winfield & Co, Metal Rocking Chair
H 36.23 in W 21.66 in D 35.44 in
Thonet Bentwood Schaukelstuhl Rocker
By Thonet
Located in New London, CT
Nice, clean iconic rocking chair from Thonet. Michael Thonet chose to present the Schaukelstuhl as
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs

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Beech

Thonet Bentwood Schaukelstuhl Rocker
Thonet Bentwood Schaukelstuhl Rocker
H 39 in W 20.25 in D 41 in
20th Century Thonet Style Rocker
Located in New York, NY
20th Century Thonet Style Rocking Chair
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20th Century Austrian Rocking Chairs

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Bentwood

20th Century Thonet Style Rocker
20th Century Thonet Style Rocker
H 39 in W 20 in D 37 in
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Thonet Bentwood Rocker For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the thonet bentwood rocker you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, cane and natural fiber, every thonet bentwood rocker was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer thonet bentwood rocker, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A thonet bentwood rocker made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — is very popular. Thonet and Stendig Co. each produced at least one beautiful thonet bentwood rocker that is worth considering.

How Much is a Thonet Bentwood Rocker?

The average selling price for a thonet bentwood rocker at 1stDibs is $1,175, while they’re typically $275 on the low end and $2,800 for the highest priced.

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.

Questions About Thonet Bentwood Rocker
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023
    Bentwood rockers are made out of wood that gets heated to a high temperature with steam and then bent. Ash and beech are two popular wood species for bentwood chair production. However, other woods are also suitable for use. On 1stDibs, find a range of bentwood rockers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A bentwood rocking chair was introduced in the mid-1800s by Michael Thonet. Bentwood furniture is a signature of the furniture manufacturer Thonet — Michael produced chairs out of steam-bent wood, and starting in the middle of the 19th century, he produced a series of rockers. Shop a range of bentwood rocking chairs and furniture on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Michael Thonet was the original maker of bentwood chairs. He invented the process of bending wood by using vapor to heat and then bend it into shape. You can shop a collection of bentwood chairs from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.