{"product_id":"the-sage-oversized-rocking-chair","title":"The Sage Oversized Rocking Chair","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA large hand-woven rattan rocking chair on curved runners\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScale registers first. The woven shell is wide enough to sit across rather than in, with room to fold both legs up. A single deep cushion fills the bowl, stitched into panels so the filling stays where it is put. The rattan runs in close horizontal rows, thickening into a rolled rim along the whole top edge. This is a \u003cstrong\u003erocking chair\u003c\/strong\u003e built at lounge-seat width.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shell does the shaping and the cushion does the softening. The bowl curves up on every side, so the back is met wherever a body lands. The weave sits in a powder-coated metal frame, and the runners reach well past the bowl at both ends, which is what holds a seat this wide steady. Light comes through the gaps in the weave and drops a striped shadow on the floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe footprint is what to measure for. A seat this wide wants clear floor at both sides before it looks settled, and the runners need travel behind them for the arc, more than a straight-legged armchair of the same width. Set against a wall it will knock on the rear stroke. In a corner the arc is simply cut short.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWeave, colour and light on an oversized rattan rocking chair\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo tones, and they behave differently. On the dark weave the rows read as shadow lines, and the pale cushion sits inside them like a separate object. The ivory weave does the reverse: bright daylight flattens the texture into one continuous surface until you are close to it. Against oak flooring the dark holds its outline; outdoors, with planting behind it, the ivory keeps the frame from reading as heavy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColour also decides what shows. Dust settles into the grooves of a dark weave and greys the rows before anything else gives it away; on ivory, marks land on the raised strands first. The routine is the same either way: work along the rows rather than across them, and keep the cushion straps fastened so the panels stay square in the bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFloor space is the first filter, and it separates the options quickly: the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myrockingchair.co.uk\/collections\/outdoor-rocking-chairs\"\u003emodels built for terraces\u003c\/a\u003e are specified for a different setting, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myrockingchair.co.uk\/collections\/designer-rocking-chair\"\u003eseats chosen for their shape\u003c\/a\u003e answer to the outline instead, and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myrockingchair.co.uk\/collections\/rocking-chair\"\u003elighter models on runners\u003c\/a\u003e take up less room than this one does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSeat depth and arc on an extra wide rattan rocker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA papasan sits in a ring and stays put: the bowl tips inside its base, and the base does not move. Here the whole shell travels. The arc is long and slow because the runners are long, and a cushion this deep damps the movement instead of quickening it. Sitting down is a drop rather than a step, and getting out again asks for a hand on the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works in rooms that already have a gap to fill: a bay window, the end of a long lounge, a covered terrace with a metre to spare. In anything tighter it becomes the only thing in the frame. What a standard-width seat cannot take is a sideways sit with both feet up and a book, which is how this shape gets used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpace decides this one. A \u003cstrong\u003erocking chair\u003c\/strong\u003e at this width asks for floor before it asks for anything else. Everything after that is cushion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBackground on rattan seating\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree questions that come up when this style of seating is being considered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is a papasan chair?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bowl-shaped seat, usually oval or round, that rests in a separate frame. The bowl is not fixed to the base, so the angle changes as weight moves in it. Rattan is the traditional material for both parts, though metal frames are now common on the versions that move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is the difference between rattan and wicker?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRattan is the material, wicker is the method. Rattan is a climbing palm cut into poles and strips; wicker describes the weaving those strips are put through, which can also be done with cane, willow or synthetic fibre. A chair can therefore be rattan, wicker, or both at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow do you clean rattan furniture?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVacuum the weave first with a brush head, working along the rows so grit comes out of the grooves. Then a cloth wrung out in warm water with a little mild soap, never a soaked one. Skip bleach, wire brushes and pressure washers, and let everything dry fully before the cushion goes back.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Ivory","offer_id":57844225442175,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dark","offer_id":57974318236031,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1014\/6470\/3359\/files\/oversized-rocking-chair_3e4d5d4d-5bc8-493d-87d4-ef2b545d3223.webp?v=1784109459","url":"https:\/\/myrockingchair.co.uk\/products\/the-sage-oversized-rocking-chair","provider":"My Rocking Chair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}