Charles Rohlfs Rocking Chair Reproduction

This is a unique style ,a wonderful job Peter.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Thanks Jim. Rolhfs, although an arts and crafts era furniture maker, had a unique and perhaps a bit eccentric style compared to his contemporaries. I like his stuff, its quite interesting to build.

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

Excellent work on this Peter. It is an unusual and very nice design, well worth restoring to honor Rolhfs. That said, I especially liked that you improved the design without destroying it for more comfort and I bet nicer looks too.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Very cool chair, put together well.

-- Don, Royersford, PA

captivating work! Great, just a great looking chair!

-- Kelly, woodworker under construction

thanks

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

Beautiful Reproduction! It looks nice and heavy, it should last for a couple hundred years.

-- Dennis Zongker

Has an archetectural feel, and I’m sure the future owner will appreciate the modifications.

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

cool.
I’m a Rolhfs fan also!
Not many examples to see, but his story is interesting
good work.
I’d like to do one like was on the PBS Antique Roadshow, the high-backed sculptured chair with the carved lattice that looked sort of like a lava lamp looks.

good posting, good work,
M

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

Hello Mark, thanks. Hopefully this week I will make a start on the Rohlfs” desk chair (which is the one shown on Antiuqes Roadshow). After that I want to reporduce his “tall back chair. I find his works so different.

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

Wonderful chair,Peter!!!

-- Lidiya,Russia," I use wood to translate my mood".

Gorgeous! You have done an excellent job with this. Did you have any plans or measured drawings? Is the circular latice work in the sides made seperatly and added in or is it cut in situ?

David

-- Get into the shop and build something!

David, thanks for the kind words.

All I had to go on was a picture of the chair and a picture of the lattice work, as well as the overall height width and depth of the chair. From the photos and the plans for a craftsman style rocking chair I did my best to scale the other dimensions. From this I made some sketches, a full sized plan, and a MDF mockup. After I completed the mockup I felt the chair was a bit too low and stretched the drawing to raise the height of the seat.

To make the medallion I traced the shape from the picture and then enlarged it to the correct size with my printer. Like the original, the medallion, which is 15 inches in diameter, is a separate piece. It is held in place with 3 splines inserted in a grooves that are routed into the inside of the chair and the medalian. Two of the splines are coverd by the seat. The one spline at the bottom of the medallion is just visible in picture 6 .

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

Awesome work Peter!

Great work!

-- Dreaming patterns