Title: Rare Antique Metal Aluminum Folding Chair Furniture
Shipping: $75.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 20th Century
History: N/A
Origin: North America > United States
Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1940s
Item ID: 5160
Aluminum folding chair with a sleek form. Elegant in its strict functionalism. This chair is also designed to last: at least 150 years. This sculptured masterwork is the result of a 77-step process hand-crafted by skilled experts that is such an exercise in perfection. This is made of aluminum and is built to a high specification. This chair is ideally suited for both domestic and commercial use. This aluminum chair is stackable and foldable, convenient for storage and easy to look after. Aluminum may be used for outdoor furniture because it is light, water-resistant and doesn't suffer from the influence of any weather conditions. Choose a folding chair designed for quick setup and compact storage. Contoured seat and back further increases comfort. Sturdy aluminum frame with front and back U-braces stands solid and firm. Reinforced hinges withstand the stress of repeated opening and folding.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_chair
The chair was commissioned in the 1940s by the U.S. Navy in World War II for use on warships: the contract specified that it had to be able to withstand torpedo blasts to the side of a destroyer. Together with Alcoa experts, Emeco's founder, Witton C. "Bud" Dinges designed the 1006, a chair so durable that it far exceeded the Navy's specifications: When Dinges threw one chair out of a sixth-floor window at a Chicago furniture show, it survived undamaged except for a few scratches. Most wartime chairs are still in perfect condition and are occasionally available on the U.S. civilian market as military surplus from mothballed Navy ships.
While it employed 300 workers and produced thousands of chairs per month for the Navy in World War II, Emeco was less effective in adapting its unchanged line of aluminum furniture to the civilian market after the war. 1006 has become an icon of American design, appearing regularly in design magazines, fashion layouts and TV shows such as "Sex and the City" and "House, M.D.." In the 2000s, the chair was the basis of a new line of aluminum furniture designed by French designer Philippe Starck.
