Curly Koa Rocking Chair
The heritage rocker was designed in 1989 by myself for a local furniture store incorporating fine craftsmanship simple lines and an affordable price.
Curly koa rocking chair. The spirit of the volcano lives in this tree and radiates from the lumber. In the early 19th century german austrian designer michael thonet made it his life s work to figuring out how to bend wood. Koa may be the most spectacular hardwood in the world. Mclaren woodworks have been making fine furniture and other products from hawaiian koa and mango wood for the last 32 yrs.
This is premium select curly grained koa wood that is usually found in no more than one out of every five hundred koa trees. We supply many of hawaii s upscale gallery s with rocking chairs damascus knifes curly koa pens and our heritage hairbrush and mirror sets plus many more items that you will find for sale on this web site. I know of no other wood possessing the chatoyancy or range of colors of koa. Aaron has intentionally and thoughtfully crafted a prime piece showcasing his selection of the most beautiful curly koa lumber.
The problem with koa is that it only grows on one set of islands in the world only well on one island and only at its best at higher. It turned out the secret to accomplishing the feat was. With a curly cue silhouette that reminds us of the signature on a love note we can t get enough of thonet s bentwood rocking chair. Ottoman tray made from curly koa matthewhensley.
Curly koa queen liliuokalani rocking chair. Since 1989 i have made more than 250 rocking chairs in this style in both mango and koa. And it s all right here in this exceptional rocking chair finally there s the wood itself. This curly koa rocking chair is absolutely stunning.
Truly a unique one of a kind family heirlomm piece to last many generations. Chair style wood type. Rare mike riley hawaii master artist number 4 of 7 rocking chair mid century modern mcm sam maloof authorized design in koa wood planetmodern. They have been sent worldwide and have become recognized as a symbol of hawaiian.
Carefully selected wood that comes from one of the rarest trees in the world hawaiian koa. 5 out of 5 stars 13.