Saturday, October 22, 2011

Adirondack Chairs - Now and Then

An Adirondack chair is commonly used as the primary furniture for outdoors setting. In some parts of Canada, Adirondack chair is called a Muskoka chair. It is a chair that was designed by Thomas Lee in the early 1900s. This idea was established by him when he was on vacation and found out a chair that is straight back which we set at a slant for a better rest, thus, he had it tested for his family, pand today, it has become a popular choice for atio furniture.

Today's Muskoka chairs are designed with rounded back features and contoured seat. This design has been translated over the years to other form of pieces such as gliders to love seats. With the innovative minds of the human race in this 21st century, the Adirondack has been innovated further to the use of plastic lumber material for manufacture and some are made out of engineered wood instead of just wood.

Over time, Lee offered this design to a carpenter friend, Harry Burnell, who was then in need of a winter income. Bunnell then realized the chair would be the perfect item to sell for summer residents. Without the concern of Lee, Bunnel received patent number 794,777 in year 1905, thus he gain rights to the design of Adirondack chairs.

Adirondack chairs are now becoming popular for outdoor seating for cafes. This is due to the fact that Muskoka chairs are designed with flat armrests that are highly suitable to have food and beverages on them, thus, Muskoka chairs do not require tables in general.




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