*** GIFT QUALITY * AM SELLING FAMILY HEIRLOOMS DATING BACK TO THE LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY UPPER MID-WEST MISSOURI * BELONGING TO OUR GREAT-GREAT GRANDMOTHER FROM WHEN A CHILD * ADULT ROCKER IS EASTERN HARD ROCK MAPLE * CHILDS ROCKER IS MOUNTAIN ASH/EASTERN MAPLE AND BOTH ARE ROCK SOLID/STURDY * BOTH ROCKERS IN THE MID-'70'S WERE REBUILT/REFINISHED IN MY SHOP WITH NEW SEAT CANING AND RUSHED SEATS * .......THE ADULT ROCKER IS SHOWING AN ORIGINAL TYPE OF WEAVE THAT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE WAY BACK WHEN?!........ * IT'S CALLED AN "INDIAN FEATHER WEAVE" OR MORE TRUE TO DESIGN AN "INDIAN FLETCH WEAVE" THAT WAS MIMICKED FROM THE ORIGINAL CANING IN THE BACK REST OF THE ROCKER * IT IMITATES THE FEATHERS OF THE INDIAN ARROWS * THE CHILDS ROCKER SHE USED AS A WALKER WHEN LEARNING TO WALK - AS DID BOTH MY BOYS * MY WIFE ENJOYED THE ADULT ROCKER IN HER NURSING YEARS AS DID BOTH MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER * IN THE MID-'70'S IT WAS MENTIONED TO ME THAT BOTH ROCKERS COULD BE CONSIDERED "MUSEUM PIECES" FOR ORIGINALITY AND DESIGN IF DONATED * .......OPPORTUNITY HERE TO START YOUR OWN TRADITION AND HAVE YOUR FAMILIES ENJOY THESE TIME CAPSULES WELL INTO THE 22ND CENTURY ........AND BEYOND!....... ABOVE PRICE IS FOR EACH ROCKER * LOCAL PICKUP * CASH SALE ONLY!