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- Side Chair Made by Susana Allen Hunter, 1930-1945 -
- 1930-1945
- Collections - Artifact
Side Chair Made by Susana Allen Hunter, 1930-1945
- Executive Side Chair, 1948 - Finnish-American architect and designer Eero Saarinen grew up at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in nearby Bloomfield Hills, after his father designed the campus and became its first president. The relationships Saarinen cultivated at Cranbrook had lasting influence. This chair was produced by Knoll furniture company, then headed by a Cranbrook friend and classmate, Florence Schust Knoll, alongside her husband.
- 1948
- Collections - Artifact
Executive Side Chair, 1948
Finnish-American architect and designer Eero Saarinen grew up at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in nearby Bloomfield Hills, after his father designed the campus and became its first president. The relationships Saarinen cultivated at Cranbrook had lasting influence. This chair was produced by Knoll furniture company, then headed by a Cranbrook friend and classmate, Florence Schust Knoll, alongside her husband.
- Side Chair, 1860-1900 -
- 1860-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Side Chair, 1860-1900
- Side Chair, 1745-1765, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum, September 1935 -
- September 01, 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Side Chair, 1745-1765, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum, September 1935
- Printing Plate with Image of Chairs -
- Collections - Artifact
Printing Plate with Image of Chairs
- Eames Molded Dining Chair, circa 1950 - Charles and Ray Eames designed this chair in the mid-1940s. Intent on creating practical, durable, and affordable seating, they turned to basic materials such as plywood and steel rod. Its simplicity and strength suggest a pure engineering solution, but its grace and delicate appearance give it a sculptural presence. It also happens to be incredibly comfortable.
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Eames Molded Dining Chair, circa 1950
Charles and Ray Eames designed this chair in the mid-1940s. Intent on creating practical, durable, and affordable seating, they turned to basic materials such as plywood and steel rod. Its simplicity and strength suggest a pure engineering solution, but its grace and delicate appearance give it a sculptural presence. It also happens to be incredibly comfortable.
- Gragg "Elastic" Side Chair, circa 1808 -
- circa 1808
- Collections - Artifact
Gragg "Elastic" Side Chair, circa 1808
- Ladder-Back Side Chair, 1750-1775 - Ladder-back chairs appeared in America with the first colonists 400 years ago, and they've been popular ever since. Easy to build, comfortable to sit on, and very sturdy -- ladder-back chairs have been made as side chairs, armchairs, rockers, and even benches.
- 1750-1775
- Collections - Artifact
Ladder-Back Side Chair, 1750-1775
Ladder-back chairs appeared in America with the first colonists 400 years ago, and they've been popular ever since. Easy to build, comfortable to sit on, and very sturdy -- ladder-back chairs have been made as side chairs, armchairs, rockers, and even benches.
- Side Chair, Used in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois Home, 1845-1860 - Mary and Abraham Lincoln often hosted dinners and parties at their Springfield, Illinois, home. This light and stylish chair, one of a set of six, would have provided convenient seating for guests. When the Lincolns left for the White House in 1861, Harry Wilton, an acquaintance of the Lincolns, bought the set of chairs. The set was later purchased by Henry Ford from Wilton's descendants.
- 1845-1860
- Collections - Artifact
Side Chair, Used in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois Home, 1845-1860
Mary and Abraham Lincoln often hosted dinners and parties at their Springfield, Illinois, home. This light and stylish chair, one of a set of six, would have provided convenient seating for guests. When the Lincolns left for the White House in 1861, Harry Wilton, an acquaintance of the Lincolns, bought the set of chairs. The set was later purchased by Henry Ford from Wilton's descendants.
- Side Chair, 1795-1805 -
- 1795-1805
- Collections - Artifact
Side Chair, 1795-1805