Comfortable Seating
Artifacts from this Connect 3
Gragg "Elastic" Side Chair, circa 1808
Artifact
Side Chair
Date Made
circa 1808
Creators
Place of Creation
Object ID
73.66.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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Gragg "Elastic" Side Chair, circa 1808
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Centripetal Spring Chair from a Pullman Train Car, 1860-1880
Artifact
Centripetal spring chair
Date Made
1860-1880
Summary
Seating in most American railroad passenger coaches meant a basic, two-person bench. But a Pullman parlor car offered greater amenities in return for its higher fare. Individual seats provided softer cushioning, richer upholstery, and more comfortable armrests. The ride in this chair was further smoothed by the centripetal metal springs underneath it.
Place of Creation
Keywords
Object ID
41.46.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Michigan Central Railroad Company.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
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Centripetal Spring Chair from a Pullman Train Car, 1860-1880
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Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994
Artifact
Armchair
Date Made
1994
Summary
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.
Keywords
Object ID
2005.92.9
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Herman Miller, Inc.
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Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994
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