What an Extremely Rare Find!
This is a One of a Kind piece of American History!
Very Industrial & Mission-style
Circa 1872 Vintage J. S. Ford Johnson & Company
Solid Wood Antique Bankers Chair for Library or Office
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The Ford & Johnson Company was founded by John Sherlock Ford and Henry W. Johnson in Columbus, Ohio in 1867 as a chair manufacturing company. In 1868 the company relocated their factory to Michigan City, Indiana. In 1872 the company moved their headquarters to Chicago where they opened a showroom at 302 Wabash Avenue. They became known as J. S. Ford, Johnson & Company.
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The Ford & Johnson Company provided furniture for the United States Senate office building in Washington DC. at the turn of the century. Ford Johnson had designed chairs, desks, tables and a luxurious 10 foot wide settee to be built from solid mahogany for each Senator's office.