What's special about Maloof Style?

Rich builds rocking chairs in the style of the legendary woodworker Sam Maloof.  Maloof chairs are considered works of art and are featured in the Smithsonian Museum. Rich fully embraces Sam’s philosophy that a woodworker should be able to “work a piece of wood into an object that contributes something beautiful and useful to everyday life.” You must experience a Maloof style rocking chair by sitting in it.  Feel the way the curves contour to the body and provide lumbar support making this the most comfortable wooden chair you will ever find. Both a piece of art for your  home and luxurious comfort for your body.

A bit about Sam:

Sam Maloof is America’s most renowned contemporary furniture craftsman. No other twentieth-century woodworker has received such attention in the media, nor garnered as many awards. Topping this list, in 1985 Maloof was the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship—the coveted “Genius Grant" typically awarded to scientists, scholars, and authors. He was the first American craftsman to have been so privileged. Following up on this celebrity, in January 1986 a feature writer from People magazine visited his Southern California workshop and enthusiastically declared the furniture designer/craftsman to be the “Hemingway of hardwood.” - From the Introduction of The Furniture of Sam Maloof by Jeremy Adamson