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Wednesday, May 29, 2013














Mid Century Modern Slipper Chair


Late 1950s - Early 1960s

by Kroehler Furniture


Newly Upholstered, Danish Modern Inspired Club / Lounge / Slipper Chair

 Solid Wood Tapered Legs

Low and Sleek Design

Bears Original Label to Underside

Fabric is Pristine, Newly Upholstered Condition

25.5" x 25.5" x 30.5"

Seat Height: 16"

Overall Excellent Vintage Condition

SOLD



HISTORY:

In 1902, Peter E. Kroehler bought the Naper ville Lounge Co., a maker of wooden lounge chairs and upholstered furniture. Kroehler built a new factory in Naperville in 1913 after the original facility was destroyed by a tornado. Soon thereafter, he renamed the company Kroehler Manufacturing Co. This enterprise soon operated across the country and employed several hundred men and women in the Chicago area. By the middle of the 1940s, with over $20 million in annual sales, Kroehler was the second-largest furniture maker in the United States. During the 1960s, when the company employed close to 8,000 people around the country, annual revenues passed $100 million. 




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