The consummate executive chair reached apotheosis with the Oval Office chair designed and engineered for John F. Kennedy. As the President-elect prepared to move into the White House in 1961, his personal physician, Dr. Janet Travell, collaborated with designers and engineers from the Gunlocke factory to develop a chair that would allow Kennedy to work efficiently and effectively while decreasing fatigue and discomfort. She had treated him for chronic...
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