Rocking Chairs 
Gebrüder Thonet’s first rocking chair was pro- 
duced in Korycany starting in 1860 and was 
designed for production in solid bent wood 
right from the Start. Further variations of the 
rocking chair model No. 1 were developed 
over the following years, all based on the 
same design principle: The seat, backrest, 
and connecting pieces are mounted between 
two identical side frames. Over time other 
types of rocking chairs, including chairs on 
runners and rockers on a solid base, where 
the rocking function was still preserved by 
two laterally mounted Steel springs, were 
added to the classic models. 1 An extremely 
unusual bentwood rocking chair was creat- 
ed in 2011 during a show bending event in 
the MAK: The designers of the breaded 
Escalope group used a discarded and slightly 
damaged plastic stacking chair, which they 
turned into a functioning rocking chair with 
self-bent beech wood rails for their “Erlkönig” 
model. This repair work resulted in the creation 
of a functional reliquary, as is were, for what 
is currently the most widespread-and usually 
considered as ordinary and unattractive- 
seating furniture in the world: the monobloc. 2 
1 Cf. Chiara Carafa Renzi / Giovanni Renzi / Wolfgang Thillmann, 
Thonet rocking chairs, Milan 2006. 
2 Cf. Sebastian Hackenschmidt: “Aktionistische Fabrikationswege 
der Möbelproduktion," in: Katarina Schildgen (ed.), 
breadedEscalope, Vienna 2014, 38-42. 
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Schaukelstuhl Rocking Chair „Erlkönig“ 
Entwurf Design: breadedEscalope, Wien Vienna, 2011 
Ausführung Exeoution: breadedEscalope, Wien Vienna, 2011; 
Buche, gebogen Beech, bent; Kunststoff plastic; Metall metal; 
MAK H 3607/2012