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| George C. Mulhauser, Jr. |
Later in the 1950s Mulhauser developed molded fiberglass
chairs for Paul McCobb and contributed to the design of an office desk system
for Stendig. He also taught furniture design at Pratt and 3-D design at the
Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts.
In 1955 he moved his family to the suburbs of New York City
and started working out of his home studio. Here he created the Mr. Chair, the first reclining lounge
chair formed from a single sheet. It was manufactured by Plycraft in Lawrence,
Massachusetts. The Mr. Chair was
followed by a smaller armchair called the Jr.
Mr. Chair. His MC 500 series for Directional was a group of chairs all produced
from a single molded shell, and the Fancy Free line featured curlicue plywood
moldings.
Later designs included cast urethane pieces made by Singer
in Canada, the one-piece injection molded polypropylene Stack-Chair by Overman
in Sweden, and the tubular steel Paper Clip chair for Design Institute of
America.
From georgemulhauser.com
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| Coconut chair pratt.edu |
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| Fiberglass chairs for Paul McCobb 1stdibs.com |
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| Mr. Chair vandm.com |
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| Plycraft lounge chairs danishmodernla.com |
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| Kangaroo lounge chair modernlove20.com |
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| Plycraft rocker designaddict.com |
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| Fancy Free chair antiquehelper.com |
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| Pod chairs for Overman homeanthology.com |
We've sold several Plycraft chairs since we opened the store, but this is my favorite.
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| Plycraft chair, presumably by Mulhauser, that we sold at the store |
