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Rocking Chairs For Sale
Rocking Chair in Cherry Wood by Paolo Buffa, c.1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in London, GB
Italian rocking chair in cherry wood by Paolo Buffa, circa 1950s.
Dimension: H92 x W57 x D80 cm.
Paolo Buffa’s (1903-1970) love of the neoclassic is incorporated into sumptuous pie...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood, Cherry
Antique Hitchcock Style Child's Black Bow Back Windsor Rocker Rocking Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Hitchcock Style Child's Black Bow Back Windsor Rocker Rocking Chair. Item features nice black & gold finish, child's size, solid wood construction, quality American craftsman...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Other Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
Antique Heywood Wakefield Victorian Woven Wicker Platform Rocker Rocking Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Heywood Wakefield Woven Wicker Victorian Platform Rocker Rocking Chair. Item features a carved wood platform rocker base with rolling casters, ornate woven wicker wrapped fra...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wicker
Italian Vintage Bamboo Rocking Chair 1950s
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage bamboo rocking chair from the 1950's.
The vintage rocking chair is of excellent Italian manufacture and is very comfortable.
The...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bamboo
Charles W. Stendig Bentwood Rocking Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Classic rocking chair by Thonet for Stending Co. Beautiful bentwood lines throughout this rocking chair, completed with caning seat and back.
Please confirm location NY or NJ
Category
Mid-20th Century Rocking Chairs
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Bentwood Rocking Art Chair
By Sam Maloof
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Sculptural rocking chair in the Sam Maloof style, circa 1970s
Not marked or signed however you can tell it was created
by a master carpenter.
Made ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak
Bentwood Early 1900s Rocking Chair Produced by Mundus, Budapest
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Bentwood and straw rocking chair produced by Mondus in the early 20th century.
The armchair is complete and features its original maker label: "Mundus Budapest".
The chair is compl...
Category
Early 19th Century Hungarian Art Nouveau Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Straw, Bentwood
Black Leather Rocking Chair Model 'Donna' by Elio di Franco for Zanotta 1988
By Zanotta
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Black leather rocking chair model 'Donna' by Elio di Franco for Zanotta - 1988.
The condition of the chair is very good. Leather looks beau...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal
Rocking Chair Bent Aluminium 10 mm Sheet Contemporary MINUS by KUTARQ
Located in Barcelona, ES
New rocking chair made of bent 10 mm aluminum sheet. Made by the Valencia-based design studio KUTARQ.
MINUS is a monomaterial lounge chair that has the maximum expressiveness with ...
Category
2010s Spanish Rocking Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
1970's GUIDO FALESCHINI CHROME ROCKING CHAIR
Located in Waxahachie, TX
A sleek Mid-Century Modern Curved Chrome Frame Rocking Chair Upholstered In the original chenille.
Insanely comfortable and relaxing chair.
Classic look.
Will go with many different...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Chrome
MarCo Bogazzi Modern Outdoor Rocking Chair in Teak or Mahogany
Located in Portland, OR
Modern outdoor rocking chair designed for traditional/transitional and modern/contemporary outdoor decks, patio, porches, and poolsides.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Teak
Vintage Rocking Chair, Czechoslovakia, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Comfortable, rarely seen, vintage rocking chair after complete renovation.
The new upholstery is made of goatskin.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair Petite Tilt Swivel Chairs by Milo Baughman w/ Rare Rosewood Base, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Pair of small / petite rocking swivel chairs designed by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin. Rare and highly desirable design made even more rare with Brazilian rosewood bases. Both ret...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Rosewood
Iconic Eero Aarnio Silver Bubble Chair
By Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
The bubble chair was designed by Eero Aarnio in 1968. According to Eero’s notes, the bubble hangs from the ceiling because ‘there is no nice way to make a...
Category
2010s Finnish Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Rare Restored Pretzel Arm Rattan Rocking Chair with Ottoman
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A rare three-strand pretzel arm rattan rocking chair with matching ottoman. This chair features steam bent rattan frame with Art Moderne styled pink flamingo covered cushions, circa ...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Danish Mid-Century Modern New Grey Wool Upholstery Rocking Lounge Chair Mint!
By Selig, John Stuart
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern New Grey Wool Upholstery Rocking Lounge Chair MINT!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Momento Rocking Chair by Dale Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Momento Rocking Chair by Dale Italia
Dimensions: D 98 x W 67 x H 89 cm.
Materials: Walnut and upholstery.
Rocking chair in solid Canaletto walnut. Available in two finishes: natural...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Sgarsul Rocking Chair by Gae Aulenti for Poltronova, 1960s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
This great Sgarsul rocking chair was designed by Gae Aulenti in 1962 for Poltronova.
Consists of a red lacquered bentwood frame with nicely patinated brown leather seats/upholster...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Bentwood
Iconic Eero Aarnio Natural Leather Bubble Chair
By Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
The bubble chair was designed by Eero Aarnio in 1968. According to Eero’s notes, the bubble hangs from the ceiling because ‘there is no nice way to make a clear pedestal.’ It shares ...
Category
2010s Finnish Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Franco Albini Style Wicker Bamboo Rocking Chair
Located in Antwerp, BE
A rare Franco Albini style arm rattan rocking chair. This chair features a steam bent bamboo frame.
This rare rocking chair was made in the late 1950s-1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Iconic Eero Aarnio White Leather Bubble Chair
By Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
The bubble chair was designed by Eero Aarnio in 1968. According to Eero’s notes, the Bubble hangs from the ceiling because ‘there is no nice way to make a clear pedestal.’ It shares ...
Category
2010s Finnish Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Colombo Sanguineti rocking chair made of beech and woven straw, Chiavari, 1940s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
An elegant rocking chair manufactured by Colombo Sanguineti during the 1950s in Chiavari, Italy, presents itself as a fine example of mid-century craftsmanship. Known as the "Spade" ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Straw, Beech
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 efforts to re-shape avian migration patterns across North American. Lishman earned the nickname "Father Goose" by developing the means to encourage large flocks of birds to settle in new nesting areas by leading them in flight using an ultra-light aircraft. His unusual methods have had great success over 3 decades, and were the Subject of the 1996 film FLY AWAY HOME. He is also a noted artist and sculptor, and designed the geodesic-style buried home where he lives near Toronto. His great contribution as a furniture designer is the 1976 Lishman Rocker...
Category
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Pair of Bamboo Children Rocking Chairs Ascribable to V. Bonacina
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
They feature a bamboo frame and their original pink fabric cushion, which are in mint condition.
These rocking chairs for children are vintage, therefore they ...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo
Windsor Paint-Decorated Comb-Back Rocking Chair
Located in Branford, CT
Fine Windsor paint decorated comb-back rocker chair. New England, circa 1820. Original paint and condition.
H 42" W 20-3/4" D 24" SH 15-1/2".
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
Charles Hollis Jones Miniature O Line Rocker
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful miniature chair/rocker from his o line series, this piece by Charles Hollis Jones is as one of his first ventures into sculpture. The rocking chair sculpture is diminutiv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal
1960s Antonin Suman Bentwood Rocking Chair, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Bentwood and caned seat in good condition
- The wooden parts have been repolished.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
Half Half Designed by Thomas Dariel
Located in Geneve, CH
Half half designed by Thomas Dariel, Maison Dada
Measures: W 83 x D 66 x H 90cm
Structure in solid timber and plywood • Memory foam
Base and s...
Category
2010s French Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Scandinavian Modern Black Vintage Rocking Chair by Lena Larsson, Sweden, 1958
Located in Vienna, AT
Scandinavian modern black vintage rocking chair model Grandessa designed by Lena Larsson, Sweden, 1958.
The rocking chair from black lacquered beechwood shows an ash wooden seat.
The...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Beech, Ash
20th Century White Patina Bentwood Rocking Chair Thonet Style
By Thonet
Located in Miami, FL
20th century white patina bentwood rocking chair Thonet style.
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bentwood
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Black Rocking Chair Ilmari Tapiovaara 1950s Finland
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage rocking chair from beech and teak in black and brown color tone by Ilmari Tapiovaara for Asko Finland, 1950s.
A wonderful rocking chair from beech and tea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Beech, Teak
Renato Zevi for Selig Mid Century Chrome Elliptical Rocking Chairs, A Pair
By Renato Zevi, Selig
Located in Countryside, IL
Renato Zevi for Selig Mid Century Chrome Elliptical Rocking Chairs - A Pair
Each chair measures: 27.75 wide x 42 deep x 31 high, with a seat height of 17 inches and arm height of ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Guido Faleschini Golden Metal and Gray Velvet Arm Chair / Rocking Chair, 1970
Located in Rome, IT
Iconic rocking armchair by Guido Faleschini from the 70s, all curves and elegance, simple and linear.
The rocking armchair has a fully curved golden metal structure, armrests and le...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal
Rocking Chair, Luigi Crassewig
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Rocking Chair by Luigi Crassevig is a masterful creation that epitomizes comfort and craftsmanship. Designed with meticulous attention to detail, this chair combines a classic ro...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
Austrian Bentwood Scroll Leather Rocking Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Bentwood (19th Cent) scroll design rocking chair with embossed leather upholstery. (THONET, Wien)
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bentwood, Leather
Vintage Antique Rush Seat Child Rocking Chair
Located in Trenton, NJ
This antique rush seat child rocking chair is a charming piece that combines nostalgic style and timeless functionality. This exquisite ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown American Colonial Rocking Chairs
Materials
Textile, Rush, Wood
1970s Guido Faleschini Chrome Rocking Chair
Located in Miami, FL
1970s Guido Faleschini Chrome Rocking Chair
A sleek Mid-Century Modern curved chrome frame rocking chair upholstered in Naugahyde. The chair is finished elegantly with zippered cush...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Attributed to Hunzinger American Victorian Red Velvet Rocking Chair
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian walnut swirl design rocking chair with red velvet seat and back. (att: Hunzinger).
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Velvet, Wood, Walnut
Vintage Czech Rocking Chair
Located in Gardiner, NY
Authentic vintage Czech mid century modern rocking chair.
This chair is in excellent vintage condition with very few signs of age-related wear (see photos).
If you would like any a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
Sgarsul Rocking Chair by Gae Aulenti for Poltronova
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Roma, IT
The "Sgarsul" rocking chair is a reinterpretation of Thonet's 1862 N1 cantilever armchair by Gae Aulenti, a leading architect and designer of Italian design.
In this project, bourgeois values are challenged by stripping them of their austere severity and reinterpreting them with irony.
The structure, as in the original Thonet chairs...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
19th Century Campaign Iron with Leather Rocking Chair R.W. Winfield
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Early Modernism. Created out of Strap Iron and Leather, in complete original condition. Beautiful sculpted hand forged iron which completely breaks dow...
Category
1850s English Campaign Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Iron
1960s Rocking Chair, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- good original condition
- suitable for new upholstery
- height of seat 37 cm.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Mid-Century Modern "Augusta" Rocking Chair by Aída Boal, Brazil, 1991
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern "Augusta" Rocking Chair by Aída Boal, Brazil, 1991
The Augusta rocking chair by Aída Boal is a stunning and timeless piece of furniture t...
Category
1990s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Stickley Harvey Ellis Collection Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Rocking Chair
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts style rocking chair
By L. & J.G. Stickley, "Harvey Ellis Collection"
USA, 1990s
Solid quarter sawn oak frame, with upholstered seat.
Measures:...
Category
1990s American Arts and Crafts Rocking Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Oaky Rocking Chair
Located in Paris, FR
Chair Oaky Rocking with all structure in solid oak
wood in natural finish. With cushion seat, on request.
Also available in solid walnut wood, on request.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Brazilian Modern Rocking Chair in Bentwood by Moveis Cimo, 1950, Brazil
By Moveis Cimo
Located in New York, NY
Available today, these Mid-Century Modern rocking chair in Bentwood by Moveis Cimo in Brazil during the fifties decade is magnificent!
The curved shapes that provided a different...
Category
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bentwood
Antique American Country Oak Ladder Stat Back Rocking Chair Rocker
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th Century American Country Rocking Chair. Made from oak with a ladder form and spindles. Features a contoured seat over short supports leading to rockers.
Dimensions:
2...
Category
Early 20th Century Country Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak
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...
Category
1820s Irish Primitive Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Pine
Pine rocking chair by Steneby hemslöjd, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Rocking chair designed by Torsten Claeson who was one of the designers at Steneby Hemslöjd in the middle of the 20th century.
Made in pine.
Fits very well with other Swedish sport...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rustic Rocking Chairs
Materials
Sheepskin
Mid-Century Design Rocking Armchair, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of fabric, wood
Cleaned.
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
19th Century Pair of Bentwood Rocking Chairs in Style of Jacob & Josef
Located in Miami, FL
19th century pair of bentwood rocking chairs in the style of Jacob & Josef.
Category
Late 19th Century European Colonial Revival Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bentwood
Charles & Ray Eames "Rar" Black Original Rocking Chair, 1977
Located in The Hague, NL
Mid-Century Modern molded RAR rocking chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller.
This gorgeous midcentury rocking chair was produced 1977.
An original condition.
B...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Paolo Buffa, Rocking chair
By Paolo Buffa
Located in London, GB
c.1950s
Cherry wood
H92 x W57 x D80 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Clay Low Rocking Chair by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant Rocking chairs are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal
Stylish Pine Late 1930 Norwegian Rocking Chair
Located in Weesp, NL
Norwegian late 1930 pine rocking chair by Aksel of Norway. This rare piece is in great vintage condition.
It will be shipped overseas in a custom made wooden crate in order to avoid...
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1930s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Pine
Scandinavian Modern Black Vintage Rocker Grandessa Lena Larsson 1961 Sweden
By Lena Larsson
Located in Vienna, AT
Scandinavian Modern black vintage rocking chair or rocker model Grandessa from black lacquered wood designed by Lena Larsson, 1961 Sweden, and produced for Nesto. Labelled underneath...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
Wegner J16 Rocking Chair - Black Lacquer Oak/Natural Paper Cord by HansJ.Wegner
Located in Dubai, AE
Hans J. Wegner showed an early interest in the rocking chair as a design object, and J16 was one of his first chairs ever put into production. The very first version was designed in ...
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2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak, Papercord
Vintage, New and Antique Rocking Chairs
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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