General Pershing's Desk Chair
name: label: user
content: Pershing, John J.
notes: label: Description
content: Desk chair used by General John J. Pershing in his war office at General Headquarters in Chaumont, France, during World War I. Wooden chair with low rounded back. Back is comprised of round wooden spindles between two pieces of wood in a round half circle shape. The top of the back is padded with black leather. Black leather seat on a wooden frame attaches to four wooden legs. The front legs are round and the back legs are rectangular.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: France: Grand Est, Chaumont
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Pershing War Office
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Estate of General John J. Pershing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.35113
label: accession number
content: 182935
label: catalog number
content: 35113
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chair
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 in x 25 in x 23 in; 73.66 cm x 63.5 cm x 58.42 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 59 in x 91 in x 38 in; 149.86 cm x 231.14 cm x 96.52 cm