Patent model for adjustable reclining chairs, 1873, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Walnut, paper labels, and original silk upholstery, 10 x 6 x 7 in. (25.4 x 15.2 x 17.8 cm), Furniture, George A. Schastey (1839–1894), George A. Schastey (1839–1894) headed one of the principal cabinetmaking and decorating firms of America’s Gilded Age. Born in Merseburg, Germany, he immigrated to New York as a young boy in 1849. After fighting for the Union in the Civil War, Schastey took up work in New York’s expanding furniture trade with several of the city’s leading cabinetmakers and decorators before opening his own business in 1873
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