Maloof Rocking Chair

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original Sam Maloof rocker, he said. I continued to stare and take it in, speechless and curious at the same time. Sam Maloof is one of the most famous American furniture artists of our time. He passed away in 2009, and this chair came into the Carter and subsequent presidents used Mr. Maloof's signature rocking chairs in the White House. Elongated rockers on the chairs look sculptural, but they were made to keep the chairs from tipping over. Mr. Maloof was the first craftsman to receive the Maloof, who has been called the greatest woodworker in the In a cavernous warehouse studio on the northwest side of Philadelphia, Peter Handler makes rocking chairs and other furniture out of anodized aluminum. After working as a jeweler for a decade The Smithsonian Institution declared Maloof “America’s most renowned contemporary furniture craftsman.” His rocking chair has been described as having “sinewy sculpted lines” and “a modern stylistic aesthetic of clean lines born of practical Sam Maloof, whose simple, elegant wooden furniture lent his work a rock-solid integrity and silken luster that help explain why one of his rocking chairs sold at auction last year for $51,000. “You can’t help but stroke the darn things,” Mr Today, Johnson continues the Maloof legacy. Teamed up with his son Stephen, they are the only craftsmen working in Sam’s shop at the Sam and Alfreda Foundation of Arts and Crafts in Rancho Cucamonga It was a reclining rocking chair. .

Otherwise, not so much. Maloof made his reputation with Presidential rocking chairs. After hearing that JFK used a rocking chair to ease back pain, Maloof cleverly resolved to make the perfect rocking chair as a gift. The plan might have worked Whether it succeeds as a work of art is open to discussion; but it certainly fails as a chair. Compare this with one of Sam Maloof’s rocking chairs. This is a Maloof rocker. Handmade, it is a beautiful object to look at; and I know from personal Two rocking chairs make it clear that Sam Maloof's world is shaped by his heart and his hands. The celebrated contemporary furniture designer made each--by hand--to honor two women who mean so much to him: Freda's Chair for his wife of 50 years until her His Sculpted Rocking Chair – patterned after an iconic design by mid-century master Sam Maloof – is intricately crafted. The piece takes more than 100 hours to build and incorporates 160 individual pieces of wood, none of which are straight. .