Back, seat, arms and foot rest are all made of wood. There are two large wheels on each side and a small wheel in the back for turning the chair. There is hard rubber on each wheel.
Category
American Furniture
Medium
Mostly wood and some metal.
Distinguishing marks
Metal Tag: Gendron Wheel Company Perrysburg, Ohio Catalog No.266N Made in U.S.A.
Condition
Fair
History
We bought a house built in 1904. This chair was in it.
Wheel chairs like this were made from about 1890 right into the 1930's until the more modern all metal chairs replaced them in most institutional settings. Most today end up as movie and theater props with limited value, we've often sold them for about $150.00 or less.
Re: Gendron Wheel Chair
Did you find anything out about this chair? I just bought a place and found one identical to this one but has a different catalog number
Re: Gendron Wheel Chair
Wheel chairs like this were made from about 1890 right into the 1930's until the more modern all metal chairs replaced them in most institutional settings. Most today end up as movie and theater props with limited value, we've often sold them for about $150.00 or less.