Talk:Rocking chair

Remove care

The caring part should be removed, maybe moved to other wikimedia site.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.20.17.84 (talk • contribs) 11:51, 21 September 2006

Incorrect statement

The article stated previously, "It was quickly improved upon by various manufacturers and by the early 1800's was a common fixture in most well to do homes."

This statement is wrong on a number of points. First, there were no furniture "manufacturers" in the early 1800s. Factory-made furniture did not appear until the mid-1800s. Second, a rocking chair was not a high-end piece of furniture and it was popular amongst rural agrarian classes, not the upper classes. Rocking chairs first appeared in simple, modest forms, notably so-called birdcage rockers, which were modified birdcage windsor chairs. These were primarily used in kitchens. Third, the rocking chair did not really take on until the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century. For more information, see "American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms," by Nancy Goyne Evans.

I have edited to correct this and other errors. 71.162.248.100 (talk) 03:31, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Types of rocking chair

The existing section on types of rocking chair essentially lists some (but by no means all) types of chair that have rocker versions. Would it be better to concentrate on chair types that are rocker only (i.e. they don't have a non-rocker equivalent) or, instead, concentrate on the various rocker mechanisms, which aren't dealt with at all? Perhaps, also, the different means of attachment of simple curved rocker blades (e.g. mortice and tenon joint, dado/housing joint, simple lap joint, etc).

I have a feeling that the article is majoring on US chairs when a wider, more encyclopedic approach would be helpful.

Also, much of the current content of this section doesn't cite any sources. For instance, Denker E. & B. (1979). The Rocking Chair Book. Mayflower Books, New York.

TerryRowell (talk) 18:28, 4 October 2021 (UTC)