Patent Model - Improvement in Folding-Lounges
Maker and role
Nicholas Borgfeldt, Patentee
Production date
Oct 26 1875
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron, fabric
Measurements
5 x 14 1/2 x 1" (12.7 x 36.8 x 2.5cm)
Description
Borgfeldt's patent "relates to a lounge the parts of which are adapted to be folded together convenient for storage or transportation, as well as to a novel construction..." It combines "a frame, constructed of wires or other supports and feet, with a flexible web, which is stretched over and incloses the supports in such a manner as to form a comfortable rest for the body of a person, to permit of folding the parts together..." (Patent Number 169,138)
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Object number
2015.14.2048
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