Dental Chair
date: label: associated dates
content: 1965 12 15
name: label: maker
content: W. D. Allison & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The W. D. Allison & Co., of Indianapolis, Ind., led by William David Allison (1854-1928), manufactured furniture for medical and dental offices. An inscription on this dental chair reads “THE / ALLISON / PAT. APPLD.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Harry S. Allison, “Adjustable Chair,” U.S. Patent 1,111,685 (Sept. 22, 1914), assigned to W. D. Allison.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Frederick
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11552
label: accession number
content: 262973
label: catalog number
content: M-11552
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chair, Dental
label: Object Name
content: dental chair
label: Object Name
content: chair, examination
label: Other Terms
content: Chair, Dental; Interior Design and Furnishings
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 144.5 cm x 90 cm x 60 cm; 56 7/8 in x 35 7/16 in x 23 5/8 in