Adirondack chair

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox furniture The Adirondack chair is an outdoor lounge chair with wide armrests, a tall slatted back, and a seat that is higher in the front than the back.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its name references the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York.

The chair was invented by Thomas Lee between 1900 and 1903 in Westport, New York which is located in Adirondack Park, but the chair was patented by his friend Harry C. Bunnell, who added some minor adaptations to make it more suitable for convalescents.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The chairs were popularized in nearby tuberculosis sanatoriums, where they were favored for the way the armrests helped open up the sitter's chest. The Lee–Bunnell chair, however, had a single plank for the chair back; it was not until 1938 that the fan-shaped back with slats was patented by Irving Wolpin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Adirondack chairs are now often made by injection molding and can take any form. Since the 1980s, they are generally marketed in Canada as "Muskoka chairs",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> although the design did not originate in Muskoka.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

At least one oversized chair has been built as tourist attraction for a gift shop.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gallery

• A Modern Adirondack Chair.jpg

  A modern curved back example in Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

• Adirondack chair - 2021-09-06 - Sarah Stierch.jpg

  Red chair with foot rest for increased leisure

• AndirondacksIntheSnow.jpg

  Durable cedar and orange plastic chairs in 20 cm of snow, Boise, Idaho

• Relaxing In A Muskoka Chair Around The Trout Pond (2950138145).jpg

  At a picnic site

• Lazy Days Muskoka Chair - Biggest in the East! (28394218990).jpg

  Ornate Template:Convert chair as tourist attraction, maintained with a Template:Convert of both primer and paint annually. North of Cloyne, Ontario, Canada

See also

• List of chairs