Fermob Sixties Rocking Chair

The Fermob Sixties Rocking Chair, designed by Frédéric Sofia — the Marseille-based designer behind much of Fermob's contemporary catalog — takes the cocoon silhouette of the Sixties Low Armchair and adds a curved rocker base, building a piece around the slow rhythm of an afternoon outdoors. The tubular aluminium frame is paired with a woven polyethylene outdoor fibre seat that supports the body without a cushion. The rocker geometry is calibrated for stable motion across a wide range of body weights — it doesn't tip forward at full recline, doesn't feel grabby on initiation, and the rocker arc is shallow enough that the chair sits flat when stationary rather than rolling away. Details that read as small in the showroom matter daily on a porch.

Manufactured at Fermob's factory in Thoissey, France — the same Burgundy site that has produced Fermob's outdoor catalog since 1953 — with cataphoresis-treated, UV-stable powder coat in 24+ colors. Available at Comosum in Cotton White, Red Ochre, Liquorice, and Cactus. The aluminium frame keeps the piece light enough to reposition one-handed; weather-resistant year-round; backed by Fermob's 5-year warranty against rust-through and powder coat failure. TSCA Title VI and California Prop 65 compliant. The Sixties Rocking Chair pairs naturally with the matching Sixties Low Table for a reading-corner setup, or used as a single piece on a porch or covered patio where its retro silhouette can carry the room without crowding it. The aluminium-frame construction means the rocker is light enough to move single-handed between covered and open patio zones as the weather shifts through the day, which is the test rocking chairs in heavier materials usually fail. The Cactus colorway in particular has been Fermob's most-photographed Sixties variant in recent press cycles, and reads as fresh and contemporary against both planted greenery and neutral hardscape.