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Post by jim on Jun 24, 2019 6:49:03 GMT -5
The lowly all metal folding chair you can pick up at Wal-Mart is cause for some derision from some in the reenacting community as being "not period".
One of the first to patent a metal folding chair was the Clarin chair company in 1928. It had a metal frame and wood seat.
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Post by jim on Jun 24, 2019 6:50:43 GMT -5
View of the whole chair. It came in high back and regular rounded back. Here is a picture of my high back one.
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Post by jim on Jun 24, 2019 6:53:12 GMT -5
By the mid 30's the Simmons chair company was producing an Art Deco metal folding chair. Kinda' looks like that WalMart chair.
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Post by jim on Jun 24, 2019 6:55:06 GMT -5
But - But that doesn't mean the Army used them?
Here is a portion of the Army Supply Catalog from 1934 that covers folding chairs.
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Post by jim on Jun 24, 2019 6:56:50 GMT -5
Picture of an original WW II metal folding chair. Kinda' really looks like that WalMart chair.
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Post by jim on Jun 24, 2019 7:01:45 GMT -5
So when you see my metal folding chair from WalMart that's spray painted OD remember that it is a Type A, Class 5 metal folding chair reproduction.
At the end of the war stateside bases that were closed were loaded with both metal and wood folding chairs. Lots of churches and other institutions that needed seating picked up all these chairs at bargain prices which why so many have been found in those places.
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Post by jim on Jun 24, 2019 7:03:48 GMT -5
Other information on both metal and wood folding chairs is welcome in this thread.
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Post by jim on Jun 24, 2019 7:06:58 GMT -5
At the height of it's contract with the government the American Seating company was producing 10,000 metal chairs a day and by the end of it's contract it had produced over 5 million chairs. Yes, over 5 million. Attachments:
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Post by jim on Jun 24, 2019 7:29:45 GMT -5
But what about the things at the bottom of the legs?
And color??
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Post by jim on Aug 4, 2020 8:03:17 GMT -5
Bump
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Post by jim on Dec 12, 2021 17:52:36 GMT -5
Another bump.
A conversation started out at Logoff "I need to get me a wood folding chair" "Why not a metal folding chair like these?" "But they're not period."
So we asked if the individual had read this thread. Of course the answer was "No."
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Post by RickyJ on Dec 13, 2021 13:34:45 GMT -5
I saw two Simmons chairs at the White Owl antique mall in Mt. Pleasant yesterday. Need to go back and get them.
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Post by jim on Dec 13, 2021 14:01:33 GMT -5
I saw two Simmons chairs at the White Owl antique mall in Mt. Pleasant yesterday. Need to go back and get them. Don't want the ones with art deco holes - they're civilian. |
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Post by RickyJ on Feb 22, 2022 9:52:49 GMT -5
I saw two Simmons chairs at the White Owl antique mall in Mt. Pleasant yesterday. Need to go back and get them. Don't want the ones with art deco holes - they're civilian. |
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