Featured Collapsing chair

Greetings,

Would anyone be able to tell me about this style of chair?

A woman my family knew was leaving the states and gifted it to my father when he expressed an interest in restoring it. She told my father it was passed down to her by her Aunt who worked in the Tokyo Trials. That’s all we know about it. It’s collapsable.

I got the sense this chair may have been modified during it’s life. Any input would be appreciated!

Here it is when collapsed to store.

This is the chair unfolded.

 

here a bit of history.
http://www.jcollignon.net/FirstFoldingRockingChairInUS.htm

could have served as a cinema chair. or deck chair.

 

Much appreciated!

 

Late 19th century. Looks to be walnut. Some elements of stick and ball.

 

so does yours have a stamp? (Cat on lap no caps sorry)

 

It doesn’t have a stamp, there is however a bunch of numbers scratched into the bottom. It also looks like at one point it had leather in certain parts. It’s covered in old holes along the edges too. Either from bugs or nails.

And here is the piece which is flaking off. I think it’s leather?

 

That is an applied burl wood veneer. With the incised details, the demi-lune trim and the finial gallery, I'd call it Eastlake style. It has been reupholstered at least three times, judging from the nail patterns underneath.

 

Looks a little similar to the folding one I posted some time ago with President Garfield’s image woven in to it.....at least same vintage......only mine also had a black mourning ribbon on it.......

 

Do you have the link?

 

Let me dig....just upgraded to Windows 10 & having some email issues, so am functioning from my iPad, where all my images AREN’T!!! But I do know right where it is!!! Just have to get it to the iPad!! It’s probably on this site somewhere in the archives, but I’m not familiar with accessing them!!!

 

Hi BMRT.....I was just successful in doing a site search and came up with my images, as well as the link for the maker of “my” chair.....I think....at least as I remember.....it’s a wonderful catalog anyway!!! See if this helps for your chair at all: https://ia800503.us.archive.org/14/items/seventeenthannua00newh/seventeenthannua00newh.pdf

And, here are the images of my chair.....

 

You are spectacular and your chair is bad-ass, by the way.

 

Thanks, So far, it’s still in my possession......they (being a Garfield Museum) apparently lost interest in it!!!!