Side Chair
1 of 4
Object Label
The inventor and designer George Hunzinger secured twenty-one furniture patents between 1860 and 1898, more than any other American manufacturer, for a wide array of folding chairs, tables, chaises, and novel structural innovations. He was both a prescient genius of abstract, spare design and a man of his times: the Japanese tatami matting on one of these chairs illustrates the contemporary taste for exoticism, while the Neoclassically inspired, symmetrical back splats on the other acknowledge the taste for historicism.
Caption
George Jacob Hunzinger American, born Germany, 1835–1898; George Jacob Hunzinger American, born Germany, 1835–1898. Side Chair, Patented March 30, 1869 and April 18, 1876. Wood and textile covered steel webbing, 32 x 17 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (81.3 x 44.5 x 49.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ronald S. Kane, 2005.64. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2005.64.jpg)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Designer
Title
Side Chair
Date
Patented March 30, 1869 and April 18, 1876
Geography
Place manufactured: New York, United States
Medium
Wood and textile covered steel webbing
Classification
Dimensions
32 x 17 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (81.3 x 44.5 x 49.5 cm)
Markings
Outer proper left back leg, impressed: "PAT. APRIL 18 1876/N.Y./PAT.MARCH 30/1869/HUNZINGER"
Credit Line
Gift of Ronald S. Kane
Accession Number
2005.64
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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