Self-taught California woodworker whose sculpted rocking chairs sit in the Smithsonian and the White House. Working with his hands his whole life from a home workshop, he was the first craftsman awarded a MacArthur fellowship, and he liked the plain title woodworker over artist. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Sam Maloof (January 24, 1916 – May 21, 2009) was an American furniture designer and woodworker.
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