Rocking Chairs, Set of 2, Powder-Coated Steel, Dark Gray Cushions, Black Frame

Set of 2 rocking chairs with black powder-coated steel frames, curved sled legs and dark gray tufted polyester cushions. The cushions are overstuffed and removable.

Dimensions (each chair): 38 in W x 40 in D x 34 in H. Seat height from floor is 15 in. Seat cushion thickness is 6.25 in. Each chair weighs 63 lb and holds up to 350 lb.

Suits a patio, a porch or a living room.

• Steel frame with a powder-coated finish.
• Plastic on the bottom of the sled legs protects floors and reduces noise.
• Cushions are water resistant and UV resistant.
• Spot clean only.
• Store indoors or cover when not in use.
• Arrives partially assembled. Tool-free assembly.

• Two rockers, sold as a pair

  The order is two matching chairs, not one. Each measures 38 inches across the arms and 40 inches front to back on its runners, so the pair takes about seven feet of wall once you leave a hand's width between them. Both arrive in the same dark gray cushion on a black frame.

• The rocking arc

  These rock through roughly 30 degrees rather than a long lazy sweep, and that is deliberate: each runner carries a limiter so the chair stops well before it tips back. The undersides of the runners are faced with quiet strips instead of bare metal, so they slide without grinding and without chewing up a wood deck or a tiled patio.

• Steel frame, wood grain finish

  Under the cushion is a welded steel basket on a steel base, primed with an electrocoat and then powder coated, which is the pair of coatings that keeps rust out of the joints where rain sits longest. The warm curved runners look like timber and are not. That wood grain is heat transferred onto metal, so there is no oiling, sanding or resealing at the start of a season.

• The cushions

  Each chair comes with its own tufted cushion, 6.25 inches thick, filled and faced in polyester. Both the fill and the cover are water resistant and UV resistant, so an afternoon of hard sun will not fade them out in a summer. Water resistant is not waterproof though, and a cushion left out through a storm will hold that water for a day.

• Sitting in one

  This is a sink-in chair, not a perch. The cushion runs up the back and rolls over the rim into a soft low arm on each side, and the shell beneath it is a curved wire basket rather than a flat panel, so the seat gives a little as you settle. One person can sprawl in it. Two adults sharing one is not the idea.

• Weight capacity

  Each chair supports 350 pounds. That figure is per chair rather than for the pair, and it covers an adult dropping into the seat rather than easing down onto it. The load runs into a welded steel base with a crossbar tying the two runners together, which is what holds the number on a chair this wide.

• Assembly at home

  Both chairs need assembling and neither one is difficult: the legs and the two runners bolt onto the shell with the hardware in the box, then the cushion drops in last. You can see the screw head at the runner joint in the close photographs. Work on a flat surface, start every fastener by hand, and tighten them once the frame sits square.

• Care and the off season

  Spot clean the cushions rather than putting them through a machine. The covers are not listed as removable, though the whole cushion lifts straight off the chair. Wipe the frames with mild soap and a damp cloth. When the weather turns, store the chairs inside or throw a cover over them, which is what keeps the coating and the fabric going season after season.

• What ships

  Two chairs, two cushions and the assembly hardware are included. A side table, a footstool and a storage cover are not included, and anything else you see in the photographs is styling. Each chair comes with its own cushion, cut to fit that shell. Dark gray on black is the only way it ships.

Good to know

• Tape a 38 by 40 inch rectangle per chair. That is one of them, not the pair.
• The 40 inch depth is the runner. Leave clearance behind for the back swing.
• Each chair stands 34 inches tall at the top of the cushion roll.
• Assembly is required. The legs and runners bolt on, then the cushion drops in.