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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FOLDING CHAIRS
© designboom

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modern history
folding chairs / x-shape with armrests
(pivot under seat-level)
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---		 camp folding armchair,
anonimous origin,
europe, ca. 1850


---		 wicker folding armchair,
anonimous origin,
usa, ca. 1870

---		 folding chair by georg hunziger,
usa, patented in 1873

---		 camp folding armchair,
anonimous origin,
europe, 19th century

---		 camp folding chair,
europe, 19th century

---		 victorian folding chair,
anonimous origin,
europe, 1920

---		 renaissance revival folding chair,
anonimous origin,
europe, ca. 1930

---		 art deco folding chair,
france, ca. 1935

---		 garden chair,
europe, 20th century

---		 upholstered chair,
europe, 20th century

---		 folding chair by warren mcarthur,
(with or without armrests)

---		 'viken', design gunilla norin,
manufactured by bergaform, 1982



THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FOLDING CHAIRS
© designboom
(compiled by birgit lohmann - a thesis publication, july 1988, revised in june 2003)

this history timeline is provided for educational purposes only,
no reproduction, re-use or transcription for any commercial purpose or use of the content or images is permitted.
a print-publication will soon be available, for inquieries : mail@designboom.com
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