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NOT ANY OLD METAL LAWN CHAIR! This is an ORIGINAL Viktor Schreckengost From His Estate! Read More!

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NOT ANY OLD METAL LAWN CHAIR! This is an ORIGINAL Viktor Schreckengost From His Estate! Read More!
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The American (Seebring, OH) Artist Designor: Viktor Schreckengost - Original Inventor Of THIS DESIGN! - Copied by Millions of makers! Offered here at an enticingly low starting bid.
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The Manner in which this style resulted, was accomplished from visitors to Viktor's studio where he would ask his patrons and friends to sit on a special block he set apart for this purpose, so that each person would actually impress the shape of the human body , after which he designed the finished piece, (Angle, Dimensions, Curvature, etc) for maximum comfort.

Viktor Schreckengost was an American industrial designer, sculptor, and teacher who influenced many fields and products. A prolific industrial designer, artist, and teacher, Viktor Schreckengost's creations have touched on nearly every aspect of American life. The Ohio native designed everything, from children's toys and pedal cars to trucks, bicycles, furniture, and ceramic dinnerware. Companies such as American Limoges, Harris-Seybold, and Sears carried his work, bringing beautiful design to everyday objects. His work caught the eye of Eleanor Roosevelt, who in the 1930s commissioned several "Jazz" bowls, one of which went with her and Franklin to the White House in 1933. Schreckengost originally planned to be a cartoonist, but changed his mind after seeing an exhibition of ceramics at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In 1930 he joined the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he founded the school's design department and taught for seventy-eight years. In 1958, in recognition of his work, Schreckengost was awarded a gold medal from the American Institute of Architects, and in 2006 he captured the National Medal of Arts, the country's highest cultural honor. His work is in the permanent collections of major museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.

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