Adirondack garden armchair
The Adirondack garden armchair ( English : Adirondack Chair ) is a common garden chair in the United States .
origin
The home of this armchair is in the Adirondack Mountains in the US state of New York . It is widespread in the USA and Canada (under the name Muskoka chair ).
The armchair has been used in seaside resorts, hotel terraces and private gardens for more than 100 years. Its design mixes a chair and a lounger. Characteristic are the sloping back seat with a deep seating position, a mostly straight, backwards inclined backrest and the wide armrests, which offer enough space for placing drinks. The original design of the chair is attributed to Thomas Lee, who in 1902 made simple seating for the guests himself for a family celebration on Lake Champlain . A carpenter friend by the name of Harry Bunnel received the design from him and applied for a patent in 1905 as the “Westport Chair”. Original chairs from this period now fetch antique prices in excess of US $ 1000. Today in the United States, the Adirondack armchair is a symbol of relaxation in nature.
literature
- Daniel Mack: The Adirondack Chair, a celebration of a summer classic. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-58479-568-1 .
- John D. Wagner: Building Adirondack Furniture: The Art, the History, & How-To. Williamson Publishing Co, Charlotte 1994, ISBN 0-913589-87-X .
- Mary Twitchell: Easy-To-Build Adirondack Furniture. Storey Books, Pownal 1999, ISBN 1-58017-264-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eric Partridge et al .: The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J – Z. Routledge, London 2006, ISBN 0-415-25938-X , p. 1344.
- ↑ Harry C Bunnell Patent No. 794,777
- ^ Rob Johnstone: A Brief History of the Adirondack chair. In: Woodworker's Journal. Benches, Chairs & Beds: Practical Projects from Shaker to Contemporary. Fox Chapel Publishing, 2007, p. 79 ff.
- ^ Philip G. Terrie: Contested Terrain: A New History of Nature and People in the Adirondacks. Syracuse University Press, 2008, p. 18.