94 results for: Furniture
Table-top model Sparton television set, 1948
The Hawkins family, who lived in the Skyway neighborhood of Seattle, purchased this television set at a furniture store on Airport Way across from the Renton Airport. The father worked at Boeing, and their daughter, who donated the TV to MOHAI, was eight when the TV was purchased. It was one of the first televisions in that neighborhood in 1948,…
ID Number:2010.56.1
Date:1948
Boeing-made vanity dresser with mirror, ca. 1918
After WWI, airplane orders from the military dried up, and there was a glut of airplanes on the market. Bill Boeing put his factory to work building furniture and wooden boats during the is period to stay in business. This piece was produced in their original factory during this time.
ID Number:2010.64.1
Date:Circa 1918
Set of eight cedar boardwalk planks, ca. 1880
These planks were donated to MOHAI by Sound Transit. They are a portion of the boardwalk planks that were excavated from an archaeological site at Pine Street and Terry Avenue in Seattle. The boardwalk was covered and infilled due to the Denny Regrade project from 1905-1910. The boardwalk was discovered approximately 38 feet below the surface. Other items retrieved from…
ID Number:2011.30.1
Date:Circa 1880
Courtside folding chair for Seattle Sonics games at the Key Arena in Seattle, ca. 1994
The Seattle SuperSonics were a National Basketbal Association (NBA) team based in Seattle, Washington, that played from 1967 until 2008. The Sonics, as they are more commonly referred to, won the NBA Championship in 1979, and MOHAI is the steward of the championship trophy. After the 2007-08 season ended, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as the…
ID Number:2013.20.1
Date:Circa 1994
Prototype Fold-A-Way table designed and sold by Doces Furniture, ca. 1980s
Sam and G. John Doces were brothers who opened furniture shops in the Seattle area. This model is for a patent that G. John Doces developed and is now prominent in the outdoor furniture market.
ID Number:2015.14.1
Date:Circa 1980
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (P-I) desk with typewriter, ca. 1930s
This desk was purchased by Fred Niendorff (donor's grandfather) when the Seattle P-I newspaper relocated to the waterfront location in 1986. Fred Niendorff held a series of positions at the P-I including helping to frame the 1946-1947 original legislation that created the Canwell investigative committee. While Fred did not use this particular desk when working at the P-I, he did…
ID Number:2015.56.1
Date:Circa 1930
Matchbook from Frederick & Nelson, ca. 1950
Frederick & Nelson, founded by Donald E. Frederick (1860-1937) and Nels B. Nelson (1854-1907) in 1891, was for many years Seattle's premier department store. They began by selling used furniture during the rebuilding of Seattle after the Great Fire of 1889, and expanded to include home delivery of goods, a tea room, and ready-to-wear men's and women's fashions. In 1992,…
ID Number:2016.20.27
Date:Circa 1950
Convertible folding table and ping pong table designed and patented by Berger Anderson, Boeing employee, 1957
Berger Anderson, born in Sweden, was an employee for Boeing from 1928-1961. He was scheduled to be on a test flight of a prototype B-29 on Feb. 18, 1943, which crashed into the Frye meat packing plant in the Georgetown neighborhood, killing all eleven souls on board, including the pilot, Edmund T. Allen, the most experienced test pilot at Boeing.…
ID Number:2016.73.1
Date:1957
Ivar's Restaurant hanging clam lamp, ca. 1970s-1980s
Ivar Haglund was a famous Seattle character who established the city's first aquarium on Pier 54 and a fish-and-chips stand that grew to become the renowned "Acres of Clams" restaurant. The clam is a featured promotional item for the restaurant as represented by this iconic hanging decoration.
ID Number:2016.86.1
Date:Circa 1970-1980
Shotgun owned by Henry Van Asselt, ca. 1870-1880
Henry Van Asselt was an early white settler to this area in 1851. Although Henry Van Asselt originally intended to make his living in King County through agriculture, his first homestead was burned in the Battle of Seattle of 1856, prompting him to leave the area for the Willamette Valley of Oregon. While in Oregon, he polished his cabinet-making skills.…
ID Number:2017.27.2
Date:1870-1880