Mademoiselle Rocking Chair category_oversized A true icon of modern

A true icon of modern design

allowing the piece to be used as a side table

As Knoll historian Brian Lutz once said

rich padding and hand-woven spring inserts

with a minimal practical form that belies its generously padded seat and seatback

Mademoiselle Rocking Chair category_oversized A true icon of modernMademoiselle Rocking Chair by Ilmari Tapiovaara for Artek. The Mademoiselle Rocking Chair is made from solid birch and was specifically developed in 1956 for the home. Crafted using an age old construction method, the spoke back contrasts strikingly with the smooth modernist curves of the seats softly rounded edge. In creating the Mademoiselle, designer Ilmari Tapiovaara drew inspiration from traditional Finnish chairs, then applied his own modern