Adjustable wooden examination chair, 1893-1925

Adjustable wooden examination chair, 1893-1925

Dentistry

Ophthalmology

Wood

Wood, metal, and leather examination chair, likely used in dentistry or ophthalmology. Chair has wooden frame with design flourishes and leather-covered round seat. Seat rotates to raise or lower height to fit patients of different sizes. Rear of chair has metal rods that attach to adjustable head rest. Head rest is "u" shaped with leather padding on left and right sides.

W. D. Allison Company

1893-1925

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Warren Anatomical Museum: 21577

object

1 chair

Medical Equipment

physical object

Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 21577

This examination chair was created by the W. D. Allison Company between 1893 and 1925. It was owned by William C. Cooley, who acquired it from Arthur Coyne, a Northampton, Massachusetts ophthalmologist, in 1962 when Cooley purchased his ophthalmology practice. In 2015, Cooley donated the chair to the Warren Anatomical Museum.

Chair

68 W x 84 D x 127 H cm