![]() ![]() Rare Antique Thonet Bentwood Rocking Chair Figural Carved and Pressed Wood with Griffins and Northwind Face. Michael Thonet received a patent in 1856 for the process of bentwood manufacturing, when he and his five sons began to produce innovative ‘bentwood’ furniture. The firm exhibited examples of the chair at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (Crystal Palace Exhibition) in 1851 and the Great London Exposition of 1862. Coopers chair was made of steel or wrought iron with upholstery slung across the frame. At that time most rocking chairs had separate rockers fixed to regular chair legs, Cooper's chair used the curve of its frame to ensure the rocking motion. Peter Cooper American industrialist and inventor designed an iron-frame chair with a functional, minimalist design radically different from Victorian heavily decorated, ostentatious designs. Maloof's rocking chairs are distinguished by their ski-shaped rockers. By the 1950s, rocking chairs built by Sam Maloof, an American craftsman, became famous for their durability and deluxe appearance. They were handy for outdoor activities and travel purposes. ĭuring the 1920s, however, folding rocking chairs became more popular in the United States and in Europe. These rocking chairs were influenced by Greek and Roman designs as well as Renaissance and colonial era artistry. This design is distinguished by its graceful shape and its light weight. Michael Thonet, a German craftsman, created the first bentwood rocking chair in 1860. Rocking cradles long predate rocking chairs however and an example exists from antiquity, found in the ruins of Herculaneum.ĭuring the 1830s, Peter Cooper designed the first steel chair in America which was a rocking chair, and was displayed at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851. These wicker rockers, as they were popularly known, were famous for their craftsmanship and creative designs. The production of wicker rocking chairs reached its peak in America during the middle of the 18th century. It was in 1725 that early rocking chairs first appeared in England. Originally used in gardens, they were simply ordinary chairs with rockers attached. Though American inventor Benjamin Franklin is sometimes credited with inventing the rocking chair, historians actually trace the rocking chair's origins to North America during the early 18th century, when Franklin was a child. Edvard Munch: Aunt Karen in the Rocking Chair, 1883 ![]()
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