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Lambert Hitchcock (May 28, 1795, Cheshire, Connecticut – 1852) was an American furniture manufacturer, [1] famous for designing and mass-producing the Hitchcock chair. Hitchcock was the son of John Lee Hitchcock, an American Revolutionary War veteran who was lost at sea in 1811.
John Ainsworth Dunn (November 2, 1831 in Westminster, Massachusetts – 1915) was an American furniture maker. He was the ninth child of John and Abigail (Jackson) Dunn. In 1837, his family moved to Petersham, Massachusetts. He began what was to become his lifelong career in chair manufacturing in 1852.
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John Jelliff armchair in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. John Jelliff (July 30, 1813 – July 2, 1893) was an American furniture designer and manufacturer, based in Newark, New Jersey during the second half of the 19th century. By the 1850s, John Jelliff & Co. had become the leading furniture manufacturer in New Jersey. [1]
Rabbit Ear Arm Chair Designed and manufactured by J. S Ford, Johnson & Company – circa 1905. The Ford & Johnson Company was a chair manufacturing company founded by John Sherlock Ford and Henry W. Johnson in Columbus, Ohio in 1867. [1] In 1868 the company relocated their factory to Michigan City, Indiana. [2]
Its rediscovery in the early 19th century was possibly influential in the development of many folding chairs in the 19th century (despite the fact it is actually not a folding chair as such), certainly many reproduction copies of it were made. [citation needed]. In the United States, an early patent for a folding chair was by John Cham in 1855. [1]
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Folding chairs called faldstools were treasured as liturgical furniture pieces, used by bishops when not residing at their own cathedral. In the United States, an early patent for a folding chair was by John Cram in 1855. [5] On July 7, 1911, Nathaniel Alexander patented a folding chair [6] whose main innovation was including a book rest. [7]