American Adirondack Hickory Rocker with Woven Back and Seat

Charming child's chair in pine with original hickory woven seat. This slat back chair is very likely Shaker. Mushroom button top on arm. The turned finial on the back is of good prop...

This Adirondack arm chair is great looking, solid construction, and a lovely addition to rustic settings, porch or patio. The woven seat is original and in good condition.

18th century pine saddle seat and bow back windsor side chair in excellent condition. The saddle seat shape is very apparent from the view....

This early cupboard has rustic charm. The paint and hardware are original. The cupboard sides are made up of one board each. The door has two raised panels and a pair of original H hinges...

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...

A 20th century Adirondack style oak and bent hickory rocker with exposed nailheads, lattice and scrolled back, solid joinery with nice patina. Dimensio...

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"

USA, 1940s Handmade Birch Rocker with Woven Rush Seat. The details on this piece are subtle but beautiful. The curving back varies from ladder to ladder, the upright arm supports hav...