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- Armchair, 1785-1805, Photographed at Ernest LoNano Interiors, New York, 1950-1953 - The firm of Ernest LoNano -- active from 1912 into the 1980s -- was known as the premier re-upholsterers of antique American furniture. Museums from coast to coast sought the advice of three generations of LoNanos for accuracy in period upholstery fabrics. The company specialized in adapting historic fabrics for reuse. This photograph documents the re-upholstery process on The Henry Ford's furniture by the firm.
- 1950-1953
- Collections - Artifact
Armchair, 1785-1805, Photographed at Ernest LoNano Interiors, New York, 1950-1953
The firm of Ernest LoNano -- active from 1912 into the 1980s -- was known as the premier re-upholsterers of antique American furniture. Museums from coast to coast sought the advice of three generations of LoNanos for accuracy in period upholstery fabrics. The company specialized in adapting historic fabrics for reuse. This photograph documents the re-upholstery process on The Henry Ford's furniture by the firm.
- Armchair, 1750-1770, Photographed at Ernest LoNano Interiors, New York, 1950-1953 - The firm of Ernest LoNano -- active from 1912 into the 1980s -- was known as the premier re-upholsterers of antique American furniture. Museums from coast to coast sought the advice of three generations of LoNanos for accuracy in period upholstery fabrics. The company specialized in adapting historic fabrics for reuse. This photograph documents the re-upholstery process on The Henry Ford's furniture by the firm.
- 1950-1953
- Collections - Artifact
Armchair, 1750-1770, Photographed at Ernest LoNano Interiors, New York, 1950-1953
The firm of Ernest LoNano -- active from 1912 into the 1980s -- was known as the premier re-upholsterers of antique American furniture. Museums from coast to coast sought the advice of three generations of LoNanos for accuracy in period upholstery fabrics. The company specialized in adapting historic fabrics for reuse. This photograph documents the re-upholstery process on The Henry Ford's furniture by the firm.
- Armchair, 1750-1770 -
- 1750-1770
- Collections - Artifact
Armchair, 1750-1770
- Armchair, 1785-1805 -
- 1785-1805
- Collections - Artifact
Armchair, 1785-1805
- Armchair Used in the United States House of Representatives, 1857-1873 - Thomas U. Walter, Architect of the Capitol, designed chairs like this one for use in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1857. However, members of the House found these impressive-looking chairs uncomfortable. The chairs were replaced in 1859 -- many sold at auction. Photographers like Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner obtained these chairs as studio props and they appear in images taken during the 1860s.
- 1857
- Collections - Artifact
Armchair Used in the United States House of Representatives, 1857-1873
Thomas U. Walter, Architect of the Capitol, designed chairs like this one for use in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1857. However, members of the House found these impressive-looking chairs uncomfortable. The chairs were replaced in 1859 -- many sold at auction. Photographers like Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner obtained these chairs as studio props and they appear in images taken during the 1860s.
- Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994 - Designers Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf explored new materials that could replicate the cooling effect of historic wicker furniture and studied human sitting habits to create Herman Miller's groundbreaking Aeron task chair. One of the last in a series of experimental prototypes, this 1994 version incorporates the distinctive skeletal appearance that exemplified the production Aeron introduced later that year.
- 1994
- Collections - Artifact
Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994
Designers Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf explored new materials that could replicate the cooling effect of historic wicker furniture and studied human sitting habits to create Herman Miller's groundbreaking Aeron task chair. One of the last in a series of experimental prototypes, this 1994 version incorporates the distinctive skeletal appearance that exemplified the production Aeron introduced later that year.
- Armchair, Made 1923, Used by Henry Ford at the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory - Sidney Houghton, a high-end interior designer based in London, was commissioned by Henry Ford for a number of projects in the 1920s. In 1924, Houghton furnished Henry and Edsel Ford's personal offices in the newly completed Ford Engineering Laboratory. Houghton designed and fabricated everything for the offices -- from furniture to lighting to textiles -- at his workshops in England.
- 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Armchair, Made 1923, Used by Henry Ford at the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory
Sidney Houghton, a high-end interior designer based in London, was commissioned by Henry Ford for a number of projects in the 1920s. In 1924, Houghton furnished Henry and Edsel Ford's personal offices in the newly completed Ford Engineering Laboratory. Houghton designed and fabricated everything for the offices -- from furniture to lighting to textiles -- at his workshops in England.
- Armchair, Made 1923, Used by Henry Ford at the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory - Sidney Houghton, a high-end interior designer based in London, was commissioned by Henry Ford for a number of projects in the 1920s. In 1924, Houghton furnished Henry and Edsel Ford's personal offices in the newly completed Ford Engineering Laboratory. Houghton designed and fabricated everything for the offices -- from furniture to lighting to textiles -- at his workshops in England.
- 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Armchair, Made 1923, Used by Henry Ford at the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory
Sidney Houghton, a high-end interior designer based in London, was commissioned by Henry Ford for a number of projects in the 1920s. In 1924, Houghton furnished Henry and Edsel Ford's personal offices in the newly completed Ford Engineering Laboratory. Houghton designed and fabricated everything for the offices -- from furniture to lighting to textiles -- at his workshops in England.
- Armchair, Made 1923, Used by Henry Ford at the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory - Sidney Houghton, a high-end interior designer based in London, was commissioned by Henry Ford for a number of projects in the 1920s. In 1924, Houghton furnished Henry and Edsel Ford's personal offices in the newly completed Ford Engineering Laboratory. Houghton designed and fabricated everything for the offices -- from furniture to lighting to textiles -- at his workshops in England.
- 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Armchair, Made 1923, Used by Henry Ford at the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory
Sidney Houghton, a high-end interior designer based in London, was commissioned by Henry Ford for a number of projects in the 1920s. In 1924, Houghton furnished Henry and Edsel Ford's personal offices in the newly completed Ford Engineering Laboratory. Houghton designed and fabricated everything for the offices -- from furniture to lighting to textiles -- at his workshops in England.
- Armchair, Made 1923, Used by Henry Ford at the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory - Sidney Houghton, a high-end interior designer based in London, was commissioned by Henry Ford for a number of projects in the 1920s. In 1924, Houghton furnished Henry and Edsel Ford's personal offices in the newly completed Ford Engineering Laboratory. Houghton designed and fabricated everything for the offices -- from furniture to lighting to textiles -- at his workshops in England.
- 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Armchair, Made 1923, Used by Henry Ford at the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory
Sidney Houghton, a high-end interior designer based in London, was commissioned by Henry Ford for a number of projects in the 1920s. In 1924, Houghton furnished Henry and Edsel Ford's personal offices in the newly completed Ford Engineering Laboratory. Houghton designed and fabricated everything for the offices -- from furniture to lighting to textiles -- at his workshops in England.