Crocker Chair Co. Quarter-Sawn Oak Bankers Swivel-Tilt Desk Chair, Early 1900s View Watchlist >
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Crocker Chair Co. Quarter-Sawn Oak Bankers Swivel-Tilt Desk Chair, Early 1900s
An early twentieth-century oak office chair by the Crocker Chair Co., the maker's name cast into the iron tilt mechanism beneath the seat. Built in the bankers' or captain's-chair pattern: a curved crest rail above seven vertical back slats, broad shaped arms, and a saddle-contoured solid seat, all in richly figured quarter-sawn oak. The chair rides on a four-leg swivel base fitted with brass-capped casters and a cast iron spring mechanism allowing 360-degree swivel, spring tilt/rock, and adjustable seat height.
This pattern furnished courthouses, law offices, and bank floors across the country from roughly 1900 through the 1920s. A small brass tag at the rear seat rail retains a partial serial number. The combination of figured oak, exposed cast iron hardware, and original brass casters makes these chairs an enduring favorite for desks and work-from-home setups alike.
CONDITION
Fair and structurally sturdy. Heavy wear throughout consistent with long working use: scuffing, fading, and finish wear and loss across the oak surfaces, with the seat showing the most use. Swivel, tilt, and height-adjustment mechanism functions. Brass serial tag is worn with a partial, faded number.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Overall: 34" H × 26" W × 26" D
- Seat: 20" W × 18½" D × 17" H
- Maximum Seat Height: 22"
- Materials: Quarter-sawn oak, cast iron, brass casters
- Maker: Crocker Chair Co. (cast mark on tilt mechanism)
