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- Easy Chair, 1936-1937 - Edsel Ford, who directed the design, construction, and furnishings in the Museum's Lovett Hall purchased high-style antique furniture, for use as models for reproductions. Lovett Hall features a large ballroom, used for Henry Ford's "Old Time" dancing parties. This reproduction of an 18th century easy chair was used by party guests for rest, socializing, and dining.
- 1936-1937
- Collections - Artifact
Easy Chair, 1936-1937
Edsel Ford, who directed the design, construction, and furnishings in the Museum's Lovett Hall purchased high-style antique furniture, for use as models for reproductions. Lovett Hall features a large ballroom, used for Henry Ford's "Old Time" dancing parties. This reproduction of an 18th century easy chair was used by party guests for rest, socializing, and dining.
- Lolling Chair, circa 1800-1815 - As Americans became wealthier in the 1790s, chairs designed for relaxation or "lolling" became an option for fashionable ladies and gentlemen of means. Lolling chairs -- with their unpadded spider-like arms and upholstered seats and backs -- expressed the comfort and leisure attained by the Federal-era well-to-do.
- circa 1800-1815
- Collections - Artifact
Lolling Chair, circa 1800-1815
As Americans became wealthier in the 1790s, chairs designed for relaxation or "lolling" became an option for fashionable ladies and gentlemen of means. Lolling chairs -- with their unpadded spider-like arms and upholstered seats and backs -- expressed the comfort and leisure attained by the Federal-era well-to-do.
- Winged Easy Chair, 1820-1840 -
- 1820-1840
- Collections - Artifact
Winged Easy Chair, 1820-1840
- Easy Chair, 1885-1905 -
- 1885-1905
- Collections - Artifact
Easy Chair, 1885-1905
- Letter from W. Charles Tozer to Clara Ford regarding her Order of Two Red Needlework Wing Easy Chairs for Fair Lane, November 14, 1930 -
- November 14, 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from W. Charles Tozer to Clara Ford regarding her Order of Two Red Needlework Wing Easy Chairs for Fair Lane, November 14, 1930
- Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, Introduced in 1956 - Charles Eames, co-designer of this chair, felt it had "a sort of ugliness" about it--although he conceded that "it has apparently given a lot of pleasure to people." In production since 1956, it is one of the most recognizable pieces of 20th Century furniture--a design that meshes elemental luxury with the finely honed simplicity of Charles and Ray Eames' best work.
- 1956
- Collections - Artifact
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, Introduced in 1956
Charles Eames, co-designer of this chair, felt it had "a sort of ugliness" about it--although he conceded that "it has apparently given a lot of pleasure to people." In production since 1956, it is one of the most recognizable pieces of 20th Century furniture--a design that meshes elemental luxury with the finely honed simplicity of Charles and Ray Eames' best work.
- Easy Chair, Used in the Dearborn Inn's Colonial Homes, 1936 -
- 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Easy Chair, Used in the Dearborn Inn's Colonial Homes, 1936
- Easy Chair, 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
Easy Chair, 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.
- Easy Chair, 1730-1750 - Prosperous people could sink with contentment into cozy upholstered easy chairs like this one. The wings on the side may have helped keep cold drafts away. This chair is covered in needlework, possibly the original upholstery.
- 1730-1750
- Collections - Artifact
Easy Chair, 1730-1750
Prosperous people could sink with contentment into cozy upholstered easy chairs like this one. The wings on the side may have helped keep cold drafts away. This chair is covered in needlework, possibly the original upholstery.
- Easy Chair, 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
Easy Chair, 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.