• Maker: George Jacob Hunzinger, American, born Germany, 1835-1898
• Medium: Walnut
• Place Manufactured: USA
• Dates: patented in1869
• Dimensions: 33 1/4 x 18 3/4 x 20 3/8 in. (84.5 x 47.6 x 51.8 cm)
• Markings: burned into rear steat rail. “HUNZINGER / PATENT / APPLIED FOR”
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: no inscrriptions
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 83.226
• Credit Line: Gift of James Pilgrim
• Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY-NC
• Caption: George Jacob Hunzinger (American, born Germany, 1835-1898).Armchair, patented in1869. Walnut, 33 1/4 x 18 3/4 x 20 3/8 in. (84.5 x 47.6 x 51.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of James Pilgrim, 83.226. Creative Commons-BY-NC
• Image: mark, CUR.83.226_mark.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
• Catalogue Description: Armchair, walnut, unupholstered (chair originally received with later upholstery, removed for exhibition purposes). Seat covered with muslin and stuffing, no original upholstery left. Chair is dark-stained with mainly turned parts composed of rectangular back raised atop gently currving legs. set into which is an oval panel meant to be upholstered, but which is left bare. From the top of the back two small curved pieces attach to two long, straight, turned lengths of wood that form arms and front legs, while supporting the seat from two sides. The two legs joined by a front stretcher to which descend a pair of straight, turned seat supports.

credit and collection:  The Brooklyn Museum