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Morris chairs feature a seat with a reclining back and moderately high armrests, which give the chair an old-style appearance. The characteristic feature of a Morris chair is a hinged back, set between two un-upholstered arms, with the reclining angle adjusted through a row of pegs, holes or notches in each arm.
His grandfather, Morris Harris, made furniture as a hobby and inspired his grandson's youthful dream of moving to rural Vermont to become a cabinetmaker. Heckscher received his BA degree in American history from Wesleyan University in 1962, his MA from the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture at the University of Delaware in 1964, and ...
The C. F. Streit Mfg. Co. was a furniture maker located on Kenner St. in Cincinnati, Ohio.Streit manufactured a number of adjustable furniture pieces, most notably the Slumber Chair which had a combination upholstered seat and back element which could be inclined at various angles.
Sweetheart chair, as used in soda shops, also known as a "parlor chair" and an "ice cream chair" (from use in ice cream parlors); the wire frame in the center of the back curls in a manner to suggest a heart design but the term "sweetheart chair" also has a more generic usage and refers to any chair with a heart-shaped design in the center of ...
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Pardon the dust. Workers are unpacking over 200 years of local history for a new museum downtown. The Akron History Center at 172 S. Main St. is a blur of activity. Crews are busy installing 20 ...
The anchor stores are Macy's, J. C. Penney, Dick's Sporting Goods, Round 1 Entertainment, and Morris Home Furniture. [1] There is one vacant anchor store, formerly Elder-Beerman. Located adjacent to Interstate 675, it is near a golf course, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Wright State University and the Nutter Center entertainment
Interfaith Furnishings helps about 100 Morris County families a year. But the Randolph nonprofit lost access to its storage space last year. Morris furniture exchange has helped the needy for 20 ...