Ohio - Rocking Chairs

Late 19th century Victorian platform rocking chair. Features a hardwood ebonized frame with gold trim and striped upholstery. DIMENSI...

Ranch Oak Rocking Chair with close resemblance to Brandt Ranch Oak Furniture. Crafted with care and attention to detail, the kind that lasts generations. Picture yourself unwinding ...

A rare seafoam green molded fiberglass rocking chair with black metal wire base mounted on birch runners . This iconic piece was designed by the husband and wife team of Ray and Char...

An exceptional American Late Classical Regency and Empire inspired rocking chair, circa 1850s. Attributed to Thomas Day. Made from mahogany with a high ro...

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...

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"

Vintage Nichols and Stone windsor rocking chair or rocker featuring a slatted bentwood bow back design with turned supports and H stretcher. ...

Mid 20th Century Hickory Adirondack rocking chair designed in the manner of Old Hickory Furniture. The chair is in the form of #21 an important and popular chair that was made by th...

Victorian era folding rocker. Features a floral carved crest rail and a cream rose patterned upholstery. Dimensions: 29" x 17.5" x 31.5"h, seat height 17.5" to 12", folds to 40" x 9...

Antique Victorian platform rocking armchair. Made of walnut featuring Eastlake styling with turned foliate and wheel designs, padded arms / headrest, and nailhead trim. Upholstered...

Late 19th Century Victorian Faux Bamboo Rocker. Features a mahogany frame and velvet seat. Dimensions: 23" x 34" d x 43" h ; 17.5" seat h

Solid oak American Country / Farmhouse rocking chair. Features a slat back and woven rush seat. Includes optional cushions for added comfort....