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Sam Maloof

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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.

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Birth Year
1916 1
Death Year
2009 1
Nationality
American 1
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The Maloof rocker; first craftsman to receive a MacArthur fellowship (1985) 1
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