With a handsome frame made of eucalyptus wood and a woven rope seat ... leather for a more serious look. A rocking chair roundup wouldn’t be complete without a mention of the Michael Thonet ...

Thoughts of motherhood and apple pie almost always include a “family” rocker somewhere in the background. I wonder if any other piece of furniture ... bentwood rocker with cane seat and ...

Utter the words “rocking chair,” and minds jump to grandma figures ... Michael Thonet’s 1880 bentwood rocker had a bit more flourish, while a quarter of a century later, Mission and ...

More than a century after it was first produced, the Thonet furniture company’s chair No. 14, with its light bentwood structure and its circular seat covered in hand-woven cane, is instantly ...

curve and recurve upon themselves to form the rockers and sides" is his take on Michael Thonet's bentwood rocking chair. Thonet is one of the book's featured profiles. Rybczynski explores not only ...