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- La-Z-Boy Chair Company Reclining Chair and Ottoman, 1941 - This reclining chair was one of the first upholstered chairs produced by La-Z-Boy co-founders Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch. The earliest La-Z-Boys featured a patented reclining system and included a separate ottoman. Later technical refinements would produce a built-in footrest, eliminating the need for an ottoman and leading to the modern La-Z-Boy recliner.
- 1941
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La-Z-Boy Chair Company Reclining Chair and Ottoman, 1941
This reclining chair was one of the first upholstered chairs produced by La-Z-Boy co-founders Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch. The earliest La-Z-Boys featured a patented reclining system and included a separate ottoman. Later technical refinements would produce a built-in footrest, eliminating the need for an ottoman and leading to the modern La-Z-Boy recliner.
- Ottoman Footstool, from The Girard Group Series, 1966 - Alexander Girard was best known as a textile designer, but he also practiced architecture, graphic design, interior design, and furniture design. This ottoman design, initially created as part of Girard's large-scale redesign for Braniff International Airways, was later sold by Herman Miller Inc. in the Girard Group Series. Girard-designed textiles were available for the upholstery too -- this one features his colorful "Jacob's Coat" pattern.
- 1966
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Ottoman Footstool, from The Girard Group Series, 1966
Alexander Girard was best known as a textile designer, but he also practiced architecture, graphic design, interior design, and furniture design. This ottoman design, initially created as part of Girard's large-scale redesign for Braniff International Airways, was later sold by Herman Miller Inc. in the Girard Group Series. Girard-designed textiles were available for the upholstery too -- this one features his colorful "Jacob's Coat" pattern.
- Reclining Chair with Arms and Ottoman, 1958-1991 -
- 1958-1991
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Reclining Chair with Arms and Ottoman, 1958-1991
- Exploded Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, 2006 - This artistically suspended piece explores the complex way plywood, leather, and aluminum came together to form Charles and Ray Eames' innovative -- yet classic -- lounge chair and ottoman. The molded rosewood shell and plush upholstery achieve Charles' stated ambition to create the inviting look of a well-used baseball mitt.
- 2006
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Exploded Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, 2006
This artistically suspended piece explores the complex way plywood, leather, and aluminum came together to form Charles and Ray Eames' innovative -- yet classic -- lounge chair and ottoman. The molded rosewood shell and plush upholstery achieve Charles' stated ambition to create the inviting look of a well-used baseball mitt.
- Floral City Furniture Company La-Z-Boy Reclining Chair with Ottoman, 1929 - This reclining chair was one of the first upholstered chairs produced by La-Z-Boy co-founders Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch. The earliest La-Z-Boys featured a patented reclining system and included a separate ottoman. Later technical refinements would produce a built-in footrest, eliminating the need for an ottoman and leading to the modern La-Z-Boy recliner.
- 1929
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Floral City Furniture Company La-Z-Boy Reclining Chair with Ottoman, 1929
This reclining chair was one of the first upholstered chairs produced by La-Z-Boy co-founders Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch. The earliest La-Z-Boys featured a patented reclining system and included a separate ottoman. Later technical refinements would produce a built-in footrest, eliminating the need for an ottoman and leading to the modern La-Z-Boy recliner.
- 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
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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.
- Bertoia Diamond Chair and Ottoman, 1952 - Italian-born designer, painter, and sculptor Harry Bertoia's fascination with metalcrafts touched all areas of his work, from jewelry to furniture. Inspired by a household wire dish rack, he designed his steel chairs as functional sculpture--comfortable, but also "studies in space, form, and metal." And studies in unity too: this chair's diamond-shaped silhouette repeats the basic welded mesh pattern.
- 1952
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Bertoia Diamond Chair and Ottoman, 1952
Italian-born designer, painter, and sculptor Harry Bertoia's fascination with metalcrafts touched all areas of his work, from jewelry to furniture. Inspired by a household wire dish rack, he designed his steel chairs as functional sculpture--comfortable, but also "studies in space, form, and metal." And studies in unity too: this chair's diamond-shaped silhouette repeats the basic welded mesh pattern.
- Ottoman Footstool Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama -
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Ottoman Footstool Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
- Ottoman Model - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
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Ottoman Model
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.