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Some call 'em "motel chairs," Bob, so we're still on topic, kinda.
https://www.thespruce.com/brief-history-of-metal-lawn-furniture-2736861
http://www.mensjournal.com/gear/outdoor/the-lost-history-of-the-american-lawn-chair-20150630
https://www.amazon.com/A-History-Metal-Lawn-Chair/dp/098464587X
Quick review of the literature indicates, if the sources can be trusted, that the cantilever style stamped steel lawn chair was produced by one manufacturer until 1996, and was revived by another in '02. Now there are numerous manufacturers producing similar styles in what it's probably safe to assume are varying degrees of quality. I've seen them on offer in numerous places in recent years, ranging in price from quite inexpensive to you-can't-possibly-be-serious.
I read in an interior design rag recently that, contrary to received wisdom, and intuition, the post-War/Mid-Century look is more favored by younger folks (the so-called Gen-Xers, Millennials, etc.) than by people their parents' and grandparents' ages. Don't know if I accept that at face value; don't know that I don't, either.
https://www.thespruce.com/brief-history-of-metal-lawn-furniture-2736861
http://www.mensjournal.com/gear/outdoor/the-lost-history-of-the-american-lawn-chair-20150630
https://www.amazon.com/A-History-Metal-Lawn-Chair/dp/098464587X
Quick review of the literature indicates, if the sources can be trusted, that the cantilever style stamped steel lawn chair was produced by one manufacturer until 1996, and was revived by another in '02. Now there are numerous manufacturers producing similar styles in what it's probably safe to assume are varying degrees of quality. I've seen them on offer in numerous places in recent years, ranging in price from quite inexpensive to you-can't-possibly-be-serious.
I read in an interior design rag recently that, contrary to received wisdom, and intuition, the post-War/Mid-Century look is more favored by younger folks (the so-called Gen-Xers, Millennials, etc.) than by people their parents' and grandparents' ages. Don't know if I accept that at face value; don't know that I don't, either.
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