Side Chair
George Jakob Hunzinger; George Jakob Hunzinger
1 of 5
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 Jakob Hunzinger (American, born Germany, 1835–1898); George Jakob Hunzinger (American, born Germany, 1835–1898). Side Chair, Patented March 13, 1883. Wood, cane, straw braid., 35 3/8 x 17 1/2 x 20 3/8 in. (89.9 x 44.5 x 51.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Designated Purchase Fund, 2011.13. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Designer
Title
Side Chair
Date
Patented March 13, 1883
Geography
Place manufactured: New York, New York, United States
Medium
Wood, cane, straw braid.
Classification
Dimensions
35 3/8 x 17 1/2 x 20 3/8 in. (89.9 x 44.5 x 51.8 cm)
Markings
unmarked
Credit Line
Designated Purchase Fund
Accession Number
2011.13
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