• Maker: J.S. Ford and Johnson Company
• Medium: Oak
• Place Manufactured: Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Dates: ca. 1905
• Dimensions: 32 1/8 x 20 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (81.6 x 52.7 x 60.3 cm)
• Markings: Fragment of recent (catalogued 1/9/86) shipping label to or from Berlin antiques store.
• Signature: Unsigned
• Inscriptions: no inscriptions
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 85.210
• Credit Line: Gift of John Waddell
• Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY-NC
• Caption: J.S. Ford and Johnson Company. Armchair, ca. 1905. Oak, 32 1/8 x 20 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (81.6 x 52.7 x 60.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John Waddell, 85.210. Creative Commons-BY-NC
• Image: overall, 85.210_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
• Catalogue Description: Armchair of white oak (Quercus species), each side of which is a single board, out of which has been cut legs and a teardrop shape (that defines arm). Spanning sides and apparently pegged in (or wood-capped screws) are single board rectangular seat and rectangular back with arcing lower edge. Pegs (or caps) line outer boards where sides meet seat and back.

collection credit:  The Brooklyn Museum