Hickory Rocking Chairs

Rocking armchair by Old Hickory Furniture Company of Martinsville, Indiana. Features a primitive Adirondack style with flared arms and rattan seat. History In the 1800's as pioneers traveled West across America, they discovered the useful and remarkable hickory tree. This small diameter tree grew throughout the Midwest in groups of twenty to thirty, surrounded by much larger trees. As the saplings struggled towards the sunlight above, they grew straight and tall - yet the diameter did not exceed two to three inches - even after twenty to thirty years of growth. The hardwood saplings were used for many different things (e.g. wagon wheel spokes, tool handles and furniture). The hickory saplings could be bent to fit the contours of the body, so the furniture was incredibly comfortable and strong. The inner bark strips could be woven together in a herringbone pattern to make soft yet durable chair seats and backs. In the 1890s Billy Richardson started selling hickory chairs and rockers on Saturdays on the town square in Martinsville, Indiana. Legend has it that Richardson and his father had made hickory chairs and rockers for the President Andrew Jackson's home, The Hermitage many years earlier. Others in the Martinsville area studied Richardson's products and banded together in 1892 in an abandoned church, producing hickory sapling furniture as a full-time business. They chose the name ""Old Hickory"" for the new company, the same nickname as the late President Jackson. When the company incorporated in 1899, a full line of products were available for shipping across the country to homes and resorts. Old Hickory furniture became so poplar that it was going to the new National Park Lodges in the West as well as Great Camps and resorts in the Adirondack Park. The most famous installation was the Old Faithful...

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...

Primitive Rustic Adirondack lodge chair. Handmade from hickory with woven seat and back. Dimensions: 24" w x 28" d x 34.5" h; seat 17"

20Thc Old Hickory Rocking chair with vintage leather seating and backing.The condition is very good and sturdy.This rocking chair is signed Old Hickory Furniture Company.

20Thc Amish Twig rocking chair from Pennsylvania in good working condition and rustic surface.

Amazing original condition, so we'll taken care of and preserved. 125 years ago John Wiltout built this chair from hickory branches and a pine seat. Square head nails were used and t...

A 20th century Adirondack style oak and bent hickory rocker with exposed nailheads, lattice and scrolled back, solid joinery with nice patina. Dimensio...

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 ...

American Rustic Old Hickory (1930s) large settee porch glider having spindle trim with a woven seat and back supported on a metal frame. (branded: OLD HIC...

19thc Hickory bent wood rocker. The backing is a wonderfully crafted turned/bent wood that extend to the arms. The seat is made from slats that are held up by the rockers potion of t...

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...