Old rocking chair help

My wife received this chair from her Aunt who is 99 and still going strong. She didn't know anything about it and we haven't been able to find anything like it. There are no markings on it at all. Has anyone ever seen anything like it? Any info would gladly be appreciated.
PS. The chair is made out of tree branches with the bark of the tree still on them except for the rockers, has the square nuts holding the chair to the rockers also.

 

I've never heard of veneer that looked like tree bark, nor seen veneer on rounded wood parts. There should be seams on the parts you described as veneered, shouldn't there? Can you see any seams?

The seat is probably made of split willow - or a similar soft wood.

 

Nice one!

 

After a closer look, what I though was veneer is actually tree parts/branches with the bark on them still, the bark is splitting away in places that I thought was veneer peeling off.

I changed the description in the post

 

No maker's marks on it then.

 

No - maybe at one time under the seat but I'm pretty sure my wife said it had been re-caned many moons ago.

 

That makes much more sense.

What part of the country was your wife's Aunt from?

 

Probably some local craftsman anyway though certain ones may have some value.
This looks like goo work too.
How long did she have it?

 

I have no Idea, my wife isn't here right now to ask. I do know she was Ukrainian but do not know if she came to the US from there or was born here.

 

She's had it as long as anybody can remember

 

This is a rustic Adirondack style twig (or log) rocker. Much of this was/is made by individual artisans but there are companies making such even today. The most famous maker of such furniture is Old Hickory from Indiana. They go back over 100 years and are still in business. If one of their old ones, it is worth a premium over similar furniture made by others.

 

Thanks, now I have a starting point to google!

 

@Bakersgma please believe me, if even this lady was born in Ukraine, she won't bring this chair from Ukraine... And not only because it is absolutely not Ukrainian style, but also because no one Russian, Ukrainian or somebody else from former USSR would think about to bring "huge chair" to US (or Europe). When long time ago people leaved country and they had Gold or other Jewelry - it was the only they took with them. But other poor people sometimes leaved country only with clothes on them.

 

I absolutely agree, wanttoknow. But I didn't know the aunt was originally born outside of the US when I asked where she was from. I figured if she was living in a particular state in the US, it might help.

But Brad has nailed it.

 

Update: After researching on the internet I found that it is indeed an Old Hickory rocking chair as their LOGO is burned/stamped into the back of the lower right leg (looking from the back of the chair).
The LOGO dates the chair too,
"The brand pictured below was used throughout the 1940's and is what appears on the majority of stamped pieces encountered.



Here's the actual pic (very dark and hard to see, no wonder I missed it)

 

AH!
I was hoping for this for you.

 

Oh! I got it, but I was just joking.

 

Great news, Rayo56!

 

I have a non-rocking chair nearly identical to yours. I found it curbside, set out for the trash, and rescued it immediately, cobwebs and all. Thanks for helping me find the maker's mark. I thought I had searched it carefully, but I needed to know where to look, in a bright light, and with a magnifying glass to see it's an Old Hickory. Thanks!