Finding a rocking chair that isn't hideous (gliders) or grandmotherly (everything else) seems like a fool's errand, for some reason. Enough so that suddenly these few options, found after a lot of web sieving, don't seem so bad:
This one was on Surfing Cowboys, a no-name Danish mid-century rocker that sold for around $600. They reupholstered it, and I found out why when I looked around for a similiar one and turned up this identical version, in truly hideous yellow fabric that is probably the reason it took so long for mid-century to become trendy again, on Ebay :
But the bids are already around $600 and since I personally would have to reupholster this puppy to want to sit in it at all, that would put it near $1000 when all was said and done and...uh...for a rocking chair?Then there is this Hans Wegner (or so the description hopefully suggests) which is currently at a more-reasonable $199, but looks less comfortable and sort of short:
And in the department of new options, the Brigger rocker, also for something like $600 and vaguely 80s somehow and reminds me of the ugly ones a little:
And the only other contender, in the classic and ultra-deep department, the Thonet knockoff, which at least is only $150:
So? What would you pick?
1 comments:
Chere Capucine - I just completed a similar online search and had similar results, including the lovely blue one already sold and the ugly yellow one. Still, I think the yellow would be so much more comfortable. Good luck in your search, mine continues. Le Pie
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