Man's Best Friend -- His Chair
It's been said that man's
beat friend is his dog. More
realistically, it's his chair ?
(or here is a four-legged
friend that never has to be
walked; a friend that waits
silently for the master of the
household to approach, sit
down, relax - and perhaps
rock or recline.
Even though man has pro
babty found it necessary to
sit down ever since he learned
to stand up, it is surprising
how much variety has been
achieved in the design of the
chair ? a piece of furniture
which must, after all, accom
modate the seated human fi
gure, whether an Egyptian
pharaoh or an American as
tronaut.
The variety of the chair is
beautifully illustrated in a
current exhibition titled
"Please Be Seated" that the
American Federation of Arts
is traveling to museums
through the country. It was
first shown in Washington, D.
C. at the Smithsonian Institu
tion's Arts and Industries
Building, and the Smith
NASA astronauts Al Bean (left), Dick Gordon and Charles Conrad relax in test center suit
room prior to start of Crew Compartment Fit and Function test of Apollo Spacecraft 104,
sUled for third manned flight. The astronauts are lounging in Berkline recline ry
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sonian itself contributed
some of the examples of
chairs from 2000 B. C. to
2000 A. D. included in the
AFA exhibit organized "to
increase the appreciation of
good design in the familiar
objects of everyday life".
Not always has the chair
been beautiful. But func
tional, yes. Take, for ex
ample, the rocker.
Retired sea captains used
to strap a keg of Madeira to
Though the Englishman Willum Morris is credited with the
first reclining chair, he actually did not design the chair
bearing his name. Nor was it the first, J. T. Hammit designed
this reclining chair patented in the U. S. on December 7,
1852-17 years before the "Morris Chair" appeared in England.
It is perhaps fitting, however, that the author of "The Earthly
Paradise" be associated with what has been described as
"celestial seating"! ,
the seat of their rocking
chairs ? not to insure a
handy supply but rather to
mature the wine. Because
Madeira benefits by heat and
motion it was customary in
the old days to load it in the
hold of vessels bound for
India. Moreover, a cask of
Madeira slung in a cradle used
to be kept in shipping offices,
and passersby were expected
to give the cradle a shove so
as to keep the wine always in
motion. Remembering these
practices, the wise old cap
tains hit upon the happy ex
pedient of maturing their Ma
deira as they were taking
their ease.
. Theodore Roosevelt was
partial to rockers, as many
passages in his writings attest.
President William Howard
Taft found them well suited
to his ample contours, too.
More recently the late
President John F. Kennedy
kept ? and used ? a rocking
chair in his office as a thera
peutic device for his injured
back, while Lyndon Johnson
had one to retire to when
confronted by tough and
tricky problems of state.
Down hone in Texas,
though, former President
Johnson's favorite chair ap
pears to be the recliner in
which he has been pictured
chatting with such famed
visitors as the heart transplant
pioneer. Dr. Christian Ber
nard ? with little Lyn at his
feet.
U Thant is another whose
favorite retreat is a recliner.
After some of the fiery and
heated sessions at the United
Nationa, the secretary -general
says he stretches out in his
chair to relax and unwind.
Today's recliners are a far
cry from the original, credit
ed to the Englishman William
Morris, but actually patented
here by J. T. Hammit in
1852. Seventeen years later
when the Morris chair appear
ed, it was clumsy and gothic
in its design, unlike modern
models which react instantly
to the lightest touch, and
many of which rock as well as
recline to TV and cap-nap
positions.
The Berkline Corporation,
whfcch l specializes in recliner.
has just created one which
forecasts the '2lst century. It
is cocoonlike in contour, and
has a power hood that slides
into position to insure pri
vacy as one watches televi
sion, listens to 'reo or talks
on Its built-in te. ihone.
Berkline's "Futurama
chair isn't yet on the market,
but even today's recliners are
involved with the space age.
For example, NASA astro
The gold -encrusted orig
inal of this elaborate chair
was made for the Princess
Sitamon of the 18th dynasty
in Egypt, circa 1400 B.C.
Carvings on the back are re
presentations of protective
spirits. Produced in Cairo at
the time the Princess' tomb
was excavated, the replica
was lent by the Baker Furni
ture Museum to the American
Federation of Arts for the
AFA's traveling exhibit of
chairs from 2000 B.C. to
2000 A.D. titled "Please Be
Seated."
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