Vintage Anglo Indian Renaissance Style Carved Wood Rocker Rocking Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Anglo Indian Renaissance Style Ornate Carved Wood Upholstered Rocker Rocking Chair. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 43" H x " 22.5 W x 37" D x 21 "Seat Height x 29" Arm...
Wood
Antique Colonial Stencil Back Black Painted Plank Bottom Rocker Rocking Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Colonial Stencil Back Black Painted Plank Bottom Rocker Rocking Chair. Circa late 19th Century. Measurements: 40" H x 20.5" W x 24.5" D x 15" Seat height.
Wood
Rare & Primitive circa 1820 Irish Famine Rocking Armchair Original Timber
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this really quite lovely original circa 1820 Irish Famine rocking armchair in pine. A good looking and exceptionally decorative armchair. All th...
Pine
ANTIQUE ITALIAN CIRCA 1850 HAND CARVED FRUITWOOD LEATHER ROCKiNG ARMCHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely very rare circa 1850 hand made in Venice Italy carved Fruitwood rocking armchair depicting Sea h...
Leather, Fruitwood
Mid Century Hollywood Regency Black Lacquered Swan-Neck Gooseneck Rocking Chair
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
This mid-century modern, Hollywood Regency rocking chair, circa 1970s, showcases a high-gloss black lacquered frame that emphasizes its bold, dramatic lines offering a chinoiserie fe...
Fabric, Lacquer
Jorgen Baekmark / FDB Mobler Danish Modern Beech Rocking Chair Modernist Rocker
By FDB Møbler, Jorgen Baermark
Located in Dayton, OH
Jorgen Baekmark / FDB Mobler Danish Modern Beech Rocking Chair, circa 1970s. Features a spindle back and spindled tapered legs over a hobby horse style base.
Beech
Vintage Adirondack Tree Branch Twig Arts & Crafts Primitive Rocker Rocking Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Adirondack Tree Branch Twig Arts & Crafts Primitive Rocker Rocking Chair. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 43" H x 21" W x 32.5" D x 16" Seat height x 23" Arm height.
Wood
Vintage Mid Century Modern Bentwood Bamboo Rattan Cane Rocking Chair Rocker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Bentwood Bamboo Rattan Cane Rocking Chair Rocker. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 40" H x 22" W x 43" D x 17.5" Seat height x 24" Arm height.
Wood
Vintage Michael Thonet Style Oak Cane Rattan Bentwood Rocking Chair Rocker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Michael Thonet Style Oak Cane Rattan Bentwood Rocking Chair Rocker. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 40" H x 22.5" W x 43.5" D x 19" Seat height x 25" Arm height.
Oak
Mid Century Modern Milo Baughman Style Chrome Thonet Rocking Chair Rocker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Milo Baughman Style Chrome Thonet Rocking Chair. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 39" H x 22" W x 42" D x 17" Seat height x 26" Arm height.
Chrome
Antique Victorian Aesthetic Movement E.W. Godwin-Style Oak Rocking Chair Rocker
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian Aesthetic Movement E.W. Godwin-Style Rocking / Nursing Chair, circa 1870s. Features a quartersawn oak frame with spindled back, beaded accents and a red upholstere...
Oak
EXQUISITE ViCTORIAN THONET ROCKING CHAIR WITH CHERUB CARVED BACK & SEAT PANELS
By Thonet
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely full sized Antique Victorian Thonet circa 1880 rocking chair with hand carved back and seat pane...
Bentwood
Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Slat Back Stickley Style Rocker Rocking Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Slat Back Stickley Style Rocker Rocking Chair. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 34" H x 26" W x 29" D x 16" Seat height x 23.5" Arm height.
Oak
VINTAGE CIRCA 1930's ENGLISH OAK ROCKING ARMCHAIR WITH LIBERTY'S LONDON IANTHE
By Liberty of London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale absolutely stunning vintage circa 1930's English rocking armchair with removable Liberty's London Ianthe fab...
Upholstery, Oak
Renato Zevi Italian Mid-Century Ellipse Chrome and Plaid Fabric Upholstered Rock
By Renato Zevi
Located in Queens, NY
Italian mid-century (circa 1970) ellipse-form rocking chair with a polished chrome frame with rockers and arms composed of the same elliptical pieces on either side, upholstered in a...
Metal, Chrome
Sculptural Handmade Angel Pazmino Leather Rocker Circa 1960s
By Angel Pazmino
Located in Peabody, MA
Modernist rocking chair inn leather and carved wood by Angel Pazmino, Ecuador, circa 1960s.
Leather, Wood
Heywood Wakefield Co. Wicker Rocker, Circa 1900
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A finely and elaborately constructed antique wicker rocker and an exceptional example by the noted manufacturer. The tall back with a scrolled crest and basket weave surface. Openwor...
Rattan, Wood
Chaise à bascule style Thonet circa 1930 bon état.
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, J.&J. Khon 1
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Chaise à bascule style Thonet circa 1930 bon état.
Beech
Antique New-York Style Ebonized Hand-Painted Rocker, Circa 1920s
Located in Germantown, MD
Antique New-York style ebonized hand-painted rocker, Circa 1920s. Good vintage condition Measure 16.5" W x 24" D x 35.5" H. Seat height is 14" W6053022.
Oak, Paint
Early American Oak and Split Reed Seat Rocker, Circa 1960s
Located in Germantown, MD
An early American oak and split Reed seat Rocker in very good condition. Measures 21.5"W x 33.5"D x 41.25"H. Seat 15.50"H. W7060722G
Reed, Oak
Rare Lishman Rocker, Sculptural Chrome-Plated circa 1976, William Lishman
By Bill Lishman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Free form rocking chair with cast aluminum tractor seat and backrest,, Canadian Bill Lishman is best known for his role in Operation Migration, which continues his successful effort...
Metal, Aluminum
Stickley Co. Shaker Type Chestnut Ladder Back Rocker , NYC Circa 1910s
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in Germantown, MD
1910s Stickley Co. Chestnut Ladder Back Arm Rocker in the Shaker manner. Material Chestnut with cotton velvet upholstery. Original finish with seat Cushions Reupholstered to closel...
Upholstery, Chestnut
Victorian Child's Rocking Chair. American, Circa 1875
Located in Incline Village, NV
Lovely child's mid-Victorian hardwood rocking chair, ebonized with hand painted polychromed floral stenciling to the top back rail in colors of blue, green and red; gold line and fle...
Wood
Set of 4 Rustic Rustic Dining Chairs in Hard Rock Maple Circa 1950s SIKES
By H.T. Cushman Manufacturing Company, Sikes Chair Company
Located in Buffalo, NY
A set of FOUR American rustic side chairs crafted in hard rock maple. Their distinctive russet finish and chamfered wagon spoke legs are reminiscent of the early to mid 20th century...
Maple
Antique Windsor Rocking Chair Wheelback 1930
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Collectable wheelback /Windsor chair rocking chair circa 1930 Very comfortable to sit in Bought from a private house sale in London's Kilburn Offered in great shape ready for home us...
Wood
Circa 1968 Black Metal Rare Rocking Lounge Chair 3265 By Gelderland
Located in High Point, NC
A chaise lounge whose black upholstery, chrome tubular frame, adjustable gives it real character at first glance. It was made in France during 1960s, a lineage that shows clearly in ...
Metal
"Yeti" Pop Art Rocking Chair by Mario Scheichenbauer, circa 1968
Located in Brussels, BE
"Yeti" Pop Art Rocking Chair by Mario Scheichenbauer, circa 1968
Fabric, Wood
L. & J. G. Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Rocking Chair, Circa 1900
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period rocking chair By L. & J.G. Stickley USA, Circa 1900 Solid quarter sawn oak frame, with upholstered seat and back cushions.
Upholstery, Oak
Art Nouveau Beech and Woven Rocking Chair by Jacob & Josef Kohn, 1910 circa
By Jacob & Josef Kohn
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Nouveau Beech and Woven Rocking Chair by Jacob & Josef Kohn. Wax polished. Jacob & Josef Kohn, also known as J. & J. Kohn, was an Austrian furniture maker and interior designer ...
Beech
Late 19th Century Levantine Savonarola Rocking Chair With Beautiful Floral Inlay
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning Late 19th Century Levantine Arabesque Savonarola Rocking Chair with Floral Inlay, circa 1890 A highly decorative late 19th-century Levantine rocking chair, circa 1890, di...
Hardwood
English 1800s Georgian Period Plum Wood Child's Rocking Chair with Rush Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
With its petite dimensions, rustic feel and lovely plum wood patina, this rocking chair circa 1800 will add a charming decorative touch to any child's room.
Rush, Wood
American 19th Century Handcrafted Child's Boston Rocker
Located in Doylestown, PA
Charming antique handcrafted small "Boston Rocker," circa 1880. This classic rocking chair features a thick, wide scroll pine seat designed for comfort and durability.
Wood, Pine
George Hunzinger, Lollipop Platform Rocking Chair, United States, circa 1880
By George Hunzinger
Located in New York, NY
An innovative cabinet maker, George Hunzinger was born in Tuttlingen, Germany, to a family of furniture makers dating back to the 17th century. After immigrating to America he establ...
Upholstery, Wood
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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