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Rocking Chairs For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1930s
19th Century Eight Horn Rocking Chair
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Eight horn rocker with original oil skin covering and spooled front spindle.
PERIOD: Last Quarter 19th Century
ORIGIN: Montana
SIZE: 28"x28"x38"H
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Ga...
Category
1870s American Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Horn
VINTAGE CIRCA 1930's ENGLISH OAK ROCKING ARMCHAIR WITH LIBERTY'S LONDON IANTHE
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 fabric cover
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price
I have a matching wingback...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Rocking Chair by Anton Fix and Micheal Thonet, 1850s
Located in Milano, IT
Very rare rocking chair made and designed by Micheal Thonet and Anton Fix , circa 1860.
The beautiful rocking chair was made with curved woodworking, a techn...
Category
1860s Austrian Baroque Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Chrome Art Deco Springer Rocking Chair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Chrome Art Deco springer lounge chair consisting of chrome frame that seamlessly forms to shape the flat iron legs, arms, and back support of the strea...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
George Hunzinger Aesthetic Movement Spindle Rocking Chair
Located in North Miami, FL
This is one of the most beautiful chairs we have ever offered. Spindle design and in century old polished wood frame, new bouclé fabric seat. Ready to adorn your home! What a stateme...
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bouclé, Wood
19th Century Victorian Period Walnut Child's Rocking Chair
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A charming late 19th century Victorian period mahogany child's rocking chair. A carved bowed crest rail of deep form with walnut inlay back support above a leather seat flanked by sm...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
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 19th Century. Measurements: 40" H x 20.5" W x 24.5" D x 15" Seat height.
Category
19th Century British Colonial Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
American Art Deco Mesh and Flat Steel Springer Chair, Garden
By Kem Weber
Located in Buffalo, NY
American Art Deco mesh and flat steel springer chair, indoor of outdoor, garden, wonderful design, springy mesh seat and back, recently restored.
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal, Steel
Glamorous Rocking Chair
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Iron rocking chair with leather.
Category
1920s Vintage Rocking Chairs
English Mahogany Rocking Chair
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Rocking chair upholstered in capitoné. With an elegant design, the structure is made of dark solid wood, with a smooth finish and well-defined curved shapes that integrate the armres...
Category
Early 20th Century British Rustic Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Late 19th century Thonet Beech and Cane Rocking Chair, 1890s
By Thonet
Located in LEGNY, FR
Bring charm and elegance to your interior with this stunning Thonet rocking chair, an iconic piece of 19th-century Viennese design.
This is an authentic model made of bentwood, featu...
Category
1890s Czech Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Cane, Beech
Italian Beech and Green Velvet Traveling Stool, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian beech and velvet traveling stool, 1950s.
Rocking stool that can be folded as preferred, it's covered with a green velvet origill fabric.
This ...
Category
1910s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Antique Bamboo Rocker in the George Hunzinger Style
Located in Bellport, NY
A charming little rocker with all the bells and whistles of the George Hunzinger style. Handcrafted and upholstered in a modern woven beige and green top grade fabric. Excellent cond...
Category
19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bamboo
American Victorian Beige Wooden Platform Rocker
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian-style platform rocking chair with upholstered gray fabric seat and back cushion with a carved back rail and turned spindle ar...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery, Fabric, Leather
Primitive Childs Rocking Chair Herringbone Splint Weave
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Antique Child’s Ladder Back Chair with Cream Paint and Herringbone Splint Weave Seat
This antique child’s rocking chair features a classic ladder back design and a cream-colored pai...
Category
Early 20th Century American Primitive Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
18th/19th English Country Winged Pine Rocking Chair
Located in Queens, NY
English Country (18/19th Cent) antique winged back pine rocking chair with scalloped back and red velvet upholstered seat & back.
Category
19th Century British Country Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Pine
English Country Winged Pine Rocking Chair
Located in Queens, NY
English country (18th-19th century) antique winged back pine rocking chair with scalloped back and red velvet upholstered seat & back.
Category
19th Century English Country Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Pine
Antique L&JG Stickley Paddle Arm Rocker w/ Slot on the Sides - W8390
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an Antique L&JG Stickley Paddle Arm Rocker w/ Slot on the Sides from 1910 in very good condition. There are minor stains on the arm as pictured.
It is with cleaned original...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak
Edwardian Rocking Chair
Located in Houston, TX
The beautiful Edwardian Bamboo Rocking Chair features a design with "stick and ball" elements. This rocker will fit wonderfully into almost any room!
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bamboo
Hand Carved Antique Original Tibetan Rocking Armchair Must See Collectors Piece
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand carved Tibetan rocking armchair with original patina finish.
A very good looking well made and ...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Other Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Teak
Old Hickory Adirondack Style Rocking Chair
Located in Freehold, NJ
This old Adirondack style chair features rustic bent hickory wood construction, caned seat, and rocking base.
Dimensions: 27w 31d 33h 17sh 27ah
Condition notes: Chair itself is in ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Rocking Chairs
Materials
Rush, Hickory
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 ...
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
1900 Gustav Stickely Early Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Youth Rocking Chair
Located in Monrovia, CA
GUSTAV STICKLEY Early American Craftsman Mission Quarter Sawn Oak Youth Rocker 1900s.
Early American Antique Piece Of Furniture and History.
This Early Antique Craftsman Mission Quarter Sawn Oak Rocker Is Also Known As A Sewing Rocker.
This Early American Arts and Crafts Rocker...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Craftsman Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood, Oak
Folder Cruiseship Chaise Longue, USA, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Folded cruise ship rocking chaise-longue made out of oak wood. Manufactured by Marks, New York, 1890 ca.
Category
1890s American Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Iron
Hand-Made Pair of Boston Rockers for Mother and Child
Located in Asheville, NC
This adorable pair of mother and child Boston Rockers are wonderful examples of timeless American furniture form. At the back of the chairs there are sev...
Category
19th Century American Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Maple, Pine, Hickory
Ebonised Rocking Chair
Located in London, England
Black bentwood Edwardian rocking chair upholsterd in original red velvet.
Ash/Fabric
H 99cm x W 55cm x D 93cm x SH 45cm
UK 1900 Edwardian
15KG
Please contact before purchase for an ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Ash
Antique Vintage English Oak Rocking Chair, 1800s
Located in Markington, GB
ca 1800 English oak rocking chair
Lovely chair, chair is in very good vintage condition.
Measures: Seat height: 40cm, height: 80cm, depth: 75cm, width: 48cm.
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak
Brutalist Solid Oak Rocking Chair, French
Located in Waasmunster, BE
Very unique brutalist rocking chair from France.
Category
1920s French Brutalist Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
Stickley Brothers Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Rocking Chair, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period rocking chair
By Stickley Brothers
USA, Circa 1910
Solid quarter sawn oak frame, with brown leather seat cushion.
Measures: 27....
Category
1910s American Mission Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Early 20Thc Barrel Back Old Hickory Rocking Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine example of a hand made Old Hickory Furniture Co. barrel back rocking chair in fine as found condition.The woven web seating and backing is in original fine condition with a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Rocking Chairs
Materials
Hickory
Arts & Crafts Mahogany Rocking Chair with Green Leather Seat, 20th Century
Located in Göteborg, SE
Step back in time with this exquisite early 20th-century rocking chair, an elegant representation of the Arts & Crafts movement. Crafted from rich mahogany wood, the chair features a...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Arts and Crafts Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Spindle back Rocking Chair with rush seat by Neville Neal, England circa 1920.
By Neville Neal
Located in Knutsford, GB
An Oak spindle back Rocking Chair by Neville Neal.
Designed by Ernest Gimson.
Rush seat.
Stamped to upright.
England circa 1920
Category
1920s British Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak
Chunky Brass Rocking Chair with Damask Velvet Upholstery, France, 1900s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
An unusual brass rocking chair with an agreeable, chunky frame that has acquired a nice patina over time. The seat is of padded peacock-blue velvet with a bold damask-style motif in ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Rocking Chairs
Materials
Copper
Antique Arts & Crafts Arm Rocking Cube Chair by " KNOUSE " - Stickley Era
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is a great looking, bulky Lounge/Arm/Rocking Chair (Cube Chair). It has a KNOUSE maker's mark from the early 1900s. The chair is in great condition with the original finish. ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Cotton, Oak
Scandinavian Rocking Chair, 19th C.
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Scandinavian rocking chair, 19th Century.
Category
19th Century Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
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. W Winfield, reupholstered in new black distressed leather.
Category
1850s English Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Steel
Primitive American Side Chair and Rocking Chair
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming 19th century primative rocking chair and side chair with green painted finish. Priced per each chair.
Category
19th Century American Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of French Rocking Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of copper and aluminum high style French rocking chairs.
Category
1930s Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Copper, Aluminum
Charming 19th Century English Child's Rocking Chair, Great Old Color And Patina
Located in Buchanan, MI
19th century or earlier.
Very charming English childs rocking chair with rush seat. Very nice old finish with good color and patination. Rush seat in very good condition. Feel free...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak
Arts & Crafts Rocking Chair
Located in Denton, TX
Beautiful Arts & Crafts rocking chair with slight modern feel with the side arm supports extending below the chair seat. Made by Cleveland Chair Company
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak
Early 20Thc Old Hickory Rocking Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing condition signed Old Hickory Furniture Company rocking chair is a barrel back style with original hand woven seat and backing.This rocking chair is super comfortable ...
Category
1930s American Adirondack Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
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,...
Category
1920s Austrian Victorian Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Bamboo
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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