My book Maker Dad has instructions for making this Mid-Century Modern rocking chair. The design is based on a chair that was built around 1950 by Alexey Brodovitch, a designer who was the art director at Harper’s Bazaar from 1934 to 1958. I built Brodovitch’s chair and discovered that it was not very sturdy. I changed the design to have better support, and a few iterations later came up with a chair that felt more robust.
Last week Edward Reading sent me photos of the chair he built with his son. He improved on my design: “I counter-sunk the dowels about half the thickness of the plywood, and glued them for additional support. I also notched the sides to receive the 8″ brace, and glued that in as well.” Good job, Ed!
Here are photos of his chair:
Ed’s son is holding the peg trick, which you can see in the above video.
