rare vintage american industrial western union office "morse operator" uhl art steel stationary chair with original backrest
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toledo metal furniture co., toledo, oh.
all original c. 1915-25 american industrial four-legged stationary western union office "morse operator 1a" chair designed and fabricated by the toledo metal furniture co., toledo, oh. the hard to find chair contains a custom-built solid birch wood saddle seat made specifically for w.u. tel. co. (western union telegraph company) morse operators. the telegraph office stool contains the distinctive steel base with four stretchers of concave metal straps connected to the legs and joined by a circular strip in the center. the steel disc shoes are perfectly intact. both metal and wood compenets have been refinished and treated with a cleat coat finish. the underside of the seat retains the original black stenciled lettering. the toledo metal furniture company, manufacturer of uhl art steel furniture offered to druggists and soda dispensers, factories and offices a line of convenient, durable, economical and serviceable steel furniture. the uhl idea was conceived and the first chair brought into existence through the "sweat of the brows" of the uhl brothers, joe and clem, in a small bicycle repair shop in toledo, several years ago. this first chair when completed, although crude in comparison with the present-day product, proved the idea a success. it at once established the u-shaped formation of cold-rolled steel as the most ingenious method invented for securing in the legs of chairs, stands and tables a maximum of strength with a minimum of weight without any sacrifice of appearance
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