Patent Model - Chair
Maker and role
Dr. Starr (b.1834, d.1904), Patentee
Dr. Starr (b.1834, d.1904), Assignor
J. White, Assignee
H. Lewis, Assignee
Production date
Apr 19 1881
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass or brass painted metal
Measurements
8 x 10 1/4 x 6" (20.3 x 26 x 15.2cm)
Description
Dr. Starr's invention "relates to chairs of the class having a wide range of adjustment, and more especially intended for the use of dentists, commonly called 'detists' chairs,' whereby the patient, while in the operating chair, is completely under the control of the operator, and may be placed in the different positions necessary for the easy and skilful performance of dental operations, the chair being adjustable in its several parts, in order to accommodate persons of different size and insure their ease and comfort." (Patent Number 240,476)
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Object number
2015.14.3813
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