Hi All,

I have been reading this forum for quite sometime, and enjoy all of the great information which is passed around. I recently purchased a rocker, but have no idea who the maker is. Just out of curiousity, does anyone have any ideas? It's an interesting piece, with through tenons at both the front and the back of the armrest. It looks a bit like the morris rockers, but the back is fixed and adjustable.



Thanks!

-Frank

Oops... there was a typo. I meant to write that the back is NOT adjustable, it is fixed.

Thanks,

-Frank

hello, this rocker looks like a stickley,but there should be some kind of marking on the back or underneath side of the chair, i saw one just like this at a local auction. sometimes the little makers stamp is worn off or pretty much so in most cases.hope this helps..

Hello Friends,
I would like to welcome you both to these forums and we hope you see fit to return.

I hope you can find a mark and it should be on the side apron below the seat platform if it is a Stickley. It does look like one or a pretty darned good counterfit.

Search it over very well as sometimes their branding iron was not hot enough when it was branded.

This rocker is not Gustav Stickley. Gus had a soft pyramidal exposed tenon on the arms. Plus there was no such type of this style cataloged. It does resemble L&JG with the flat, but beveled exposed tenon in the arm, but Onondaga or L&JG had no catalog version. It maybe Quant, or Stickley Bros. I think that they did offer a "fixed back" type of rocker. There was also a separate company called Quaint Art as well. Most Gus and L&JG chairs will have corbels under the arm. This doesn't seem to have them. L&JG chairs had a beveled seat rail (a good clue to identify). Either way, it looks like a quality chair. I would replace the upholstery. Most chairs of the time had leather or leatherette seat cushions.

Thanks for the feedback,

I searched all over the chair, but couldn't find any signs or remains of any markings.

It's quite a hefty chair, but one thing I did notice is that it isn't pegged at all, although it is all mortise and tenon. I looked through my collections of catalogs, and have yet to find any matches.

-Frank

Hello David T,
I don't recall anyone calling it a Gustav Stickley. What was said, however that if it wasn't a Stickley it was a darned good counterfit and as you said there dosen't seem to be any corbles under the arms. Also if it were a Stickley piece it would have a leather seat and all joints would be pegged. You are correct in the pyramid effect on the through tenons of the front legs.

Respectfully

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