Early La-Z-Boy Chairs Showroom Display, 1940

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Artifact Overview

La-Z-Boy furniture showrooms featured artful displays that presented a variety of styles and fabrics available for reclining chairs--the core of the business. Signage and displays emphasized comfort, inviting customers to sit down and test "the world's most comfortable chair" for themselves.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1940

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2015.78.1.330

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of La-Z-Boy, Incorporated.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Photographic processes
Mounting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 14 in

Inscriptions

on label: 1940 / Showroom Display of early LA-Z-BOY chairs. The entire line for that year consisted of the five models on display.
Early La-Z-Boy Chairs Showroom Display, 1940