The Great Battle of the Giant Chairs!

I stumbled upon this article whilst searching for rocking chair cushions and couldn’t help but laugh. I know there are giant statues of almost anything but to be honest I’d never thought there would be a giant chair let alone a battle for giant chair supremacy! In America there are 5 contenders for the title (not including any foreign chairs) the first of which was created in 1905. That’s over 100 years this battle has been raging! It seems the winner was finally built in 1981 by Miller’s Office Furniture of Anniston, Alabama, a 31-foot-tall steel construction that can withstand 137 km/p/h (85m/p/h) winds! A true monster of the chair world. To check out the article which includes pictures of the 5 chairs see it here.This got me thinking. Is there a larger than life rocking chair out there? Turns out there is! Hand-made by Norman Schanz and 3 other men in 1983, this huge 11-foot-tall rocking chair is a replica of the traditional Amana style rocker and can be found in West Amana.

Just imagine trying to make a cushion for that whopper!