Art Deco Brushed Steel Rocking Chair By Doehler Metal Furniture
By Doehler Metal Furniture Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage early 20th century, art deco rocking chair by The Doehler Metal Furniture Co. features a pressed, brushed steel frame with fluted legs and decoratively scrolled back.
Steel
Italian Antique Rocking Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Metal base and the fruit wood rocking chair early 20th century.
Metal
$1,375
H 44.5 in W 21.75 in D 24 in
Rustic 19th Century Indian Rocking Chair with Metal Accents and Turned Supports
Located in Yonkers, NY
A rustic antique Indian rocking chair from the 19th century, with metal accents and nicely distressed appearance.
Metal
Antique Stickley-style Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Rocking Chair
By Gustav Stickley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Antique rocking chair with suede cushion. Manufactured under the influence of Gustav Stickley's iconic Craftsman style, the chair is made of solid quarter sewn white oak with a suede...
Metal
$2,200
H 46 in W 22.5 in D 27 in
Antique Rocking Chair Hand Carved and Turned Walnut Wood Needlepoint Upholstery
Located in Miami, FL
Rocking chair from the late 19th century, hand carved with turned wood details on 2 casters. Sturdy and comfortable crafted frame with decorative rocking base. Nail head trim adorn t...
Metal
$1,410
H 44.3 in W 22.05 in D 38.19 in
Mid-19th Century H.C. Andersen Rocking Chair in Polished Cast Iron
Located in Kastrup, DK
H.C. Andersen rocking chair in polished cast iron, Denmark, 1850-1870. Reupholstered with fabric from Ralph Lauren. (Called H.C. Andersen rocking chair, because he is depicted in one).
Metal
$1,475
H 38.5 in W 29 in D 32 in
1800s Antique Heywood Wakefield Large Wicker Rocking Arm Chair with Springs Seat
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Germantown, MD
1870s Heywood Wakefield Victorian Wicker rocking arm chair. Ultra comfortable and in very good condition. Seat cushion upholstery in great shape, very firm and very firm. Cushion uph...
Metal
$3,800 / set
H 39 in W 25 in D 46 in
Pair of Circa 1850 Peter Cooper Black Leather Rocking Chairs for R.W. Winfield
Located in High Point, NC
This exceptional pair of circa 1850 rocking chairs is attributed to Peter Cooper for R.W.
Metal
Steel and Leather Rocking Chair in the Manner of R. W Winfield
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A strip metal steel frame rocking chair in the manner of R.
Steel
Rocking Chair Metal, French, circa 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Rocking chair metal, French, circa 19th century, metal and leather.
Rocking Chair Metal, French, circa 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculptural Rocking chair metal, French, circa 19th century.
American Rocking Chair, circa 1890
Located in Sydney, NSW
American Rocking Chair The Metal Frame With A Buttoned Spoon Back Padded Arms Above Cast Scroll Work The Sprung Chasse on Timber Feet and Casters Height 940 Length 620 Depth 620
Metal
Victorian Bentwood and Cane Rocking Chair by Thonet
By Thonet
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
A bentwood and cane rocking chair by Thonet. Having the Thonet trademark beautiful flowing organic form. The cane is in good condition and solid. The chair has good color and wear is...
Metal
19th Century Leather Upholstered Metal Rocking Chair
Located in London, GB
This industrial looking and contemporary styled leather upholstered rocking chair features a lovely scrolled metal frame with wooden slats with a tawny gold leather covering.
Steel
A Fabulous English Metal Rocking Chair in Leather, Circa 1890
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An English antique metal rocker with stunning curves in metal and original leather upholstered seat, pillow and arm rests. The metal rails are accented with brass hardware.
Pair of François Carre Sunburst Metal Rocking Chairs, France, 1930s
By Francois Carre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking pair of vintage metal rocking chairs designed by François Carre, featuring his iconic “sunburst” pattern of radiating steel slats.
Steel
Winfield Rocking Chair
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
This style of chair is an evolution of the metal tubular rocking chair that Winfield first exhibited at Crystal Palace in London for The Great Exhibition of 1851.
Leather
19th Century American Rocking Chair
Located in Berlin, DE
A late 19th century Victorian mahogany American rocking chair. The chair is in ash which is black lacquered. As well the armchair has bobbin spindles to the arms and frame and it is ...
Metal
19th Century Lollipop Platform Rocking Chair by George Hunzinger
By George Hunzinger
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular lollipop platform rocker in mahogany by George Hunzinger. Late 19thc creation that is still relevant today. Seat has a spring system as well as being padded. This chair i...
Metal, Brass
Austrian Art Deco Reclining Rocking Armchair with Flower Fabric
By Josef Frank
Located in Vienna, AT
This stunning and rare reclining Rocking Lounge chair was designed and made in Austria in the 1920s.
Metal
19th Century Metal Rocker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c. Metal Rocker
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H 38.5 in W 21 in D 27 in
Turn of the Century Metal Rockers Everlasting Comfort Chair Trudo Mfg Co
By Trudo Manufacturing Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing pair of all metal Industrial rocking chairs manufactured by the Trudo mfg co.
Metal, Steel
19th Century Winfield & Co, Metal Rocking Chair
By R. W. Winfield & Co.
Located in Paris, FR
While the tubular iron could raise modernism period (1925-1930), this amazing rocking chair has, against all expectations, manufactured in 1860. His modern character seduced many of ...
Iron
Hunziger Rocking Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare signed Hunziger rocking chair, American circa 1880. Hunziger was an important 19th century furniture maker. His pieces are in many museum collections.
Metal
Antique Oak Rocking Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This extraordinary American Empire-style antique oak rocking chair is in great condition beautifully crafted out of oak and has been newly restored by our expert craftsmen team. This...
Metal
19th C. "Innovative" American Rocking Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Handsome tufted upholstery in russet painted canvas covering a continuous back and seat with padded armrests, the whole raised on pitted-tubular brass scrolls ending on wooden rocker...
Metal
19th Century Hunzinger Platform Rocker
By George Hunzinger
Located in Long Island, NY
A late 19thC Rocker by George Hunzinger (1835–1898), one of nineteenth-century America’s most innovative and idiosyncratic furniture makers. This Paper labeled Oak Rocker is in the ...
Metal
Antique Wicker Rocker
Located in Old Saybrook, CT
Beautiful Victorian Wicker Rocker in fresh white paint. Rocker measures 26" wide, 32"deep (including rockers), 40"tall, 16" seat height.
Metal
Rare English Rocking Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an amazing rocking chair from the 19th century. It has a metal frame and a leather seat and armrests.
Metal
$1,365Sale Price|36% Off
H 41.5 in W 21 in D 24 in
Antique Spring Rocking Chair with Custom Embroidery on Vintage Linen
Located in Pasadena, CA
Antique spring rocking chair with new painted finish. Has been newly upholstered in Vintage linen, where seat back has been custom embroidered with crown and crest.
Wood, Linen
Rocking Chair in Mahogany with Tufted Leather Upholstery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Victorian mahogany rocking chair boasts tufted honey-toned leather upholstery, exuding an aura of traditional elegance. Mounted on a stately platform base with exquisite turned ...
Leather, Mahogany
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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