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La-Z-Boy Inc. (pronounced "lazy boy") is an American furniture manufacturer based in Monroe, Michigan, United States, that makes home furniture, including upholstered recliners, sofas, stationary chairs, lift chairs and sleeper sofas. The company employs more than 11,000 people.
[1] [2] Riding a recliner which he had earlier fitted with a lawnmower engine, he crashed into a car after leaving a local bar, where he had consumed a number of beers. He was convicted and the chair was confiscated by the police, who auctioned it off on Do-Bid.com for $3,700. Though widely reported to be a La-Z-Boy, the chair was unbranded. [3]
The first reclining chair was reportedly owned by Napoleon III. [5] Knabush and Shoemaker, two American cousins, are credited with gaining a patent on a wooden recliner. The design was the same wooden bench recliner found in other designs. Issued in 1928, the patent led to the founding of La-Z-Boy. In 1930, Knabush and Shoemaker patented an ...
Rietveld Red and Blue chair Ribbon Chair by Pierre Paulin. Recliner, [46] a chair with a reclining back; most are armchairs and may come with a footrest that unfolds when the back is reclined; Red and Blue Chair a chair designed by Dutch architect and furniture designer Gerrit Rietveld. Resilient Chair, designed by Eva Zeisel for Hudson ...
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It is the oldest manufacturer of reclining chairs in the U.S. [3] After the company filed for bankruptcy in 2010, it shuttered its facilities in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and Martinsville, Virginia, then restarted manufacturing at the plant in Morristown, Tennessee, in 2011, for manufacture of the Barcalounger chair. [4]