OFFERED HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1935 WOOD DECK CHAIR WITH ITS ORIGINAL CGT RUST COLOR CUSHION FROM THE THE GREAT FRENCH DECO MASTERPIECE OCEAN LINER, THE SS NORMANDIE, LAUNCHED IN 1935 FOR TRANS-ATLANTIC PASSENGER SERVICE BY THE FRENCH LINE. THIS CHAIR WAS PURCHASED BY THE FORMER OWNER IN A DECEMBER 1942 sale HELD IN NEW YORK CITY TO SELL THE CONTENTS OF THE LINER, BEFORE IT WAS TO BE CONVERTED TO A TROOP TRANSPORT DURING WWII. UNFORTUNATELY, A WELDER\'S TORCH CAUSED A GIANT FIRE ABOARD AND THE SHIP WAS ALMOST DESTROYED AND BY THE TIME IT WAS RIGHTED IN IT BERTH AND READY FOR CONVERSION, THE WAR WAS OVER. THE ORIGINAL OWNER USED THE CHAIR AT THEIR LONG ISLAND ESTATE AND IT WAS LATER BROUGHT TO VIRGINIA FOR USE UNTIL 1985. ITS HISTORY IS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL ON A NOTERIZED DOCUMENT FROM THE OWNER WHICH WILL ACCOMPANY THE CHAIR. THE CHAIR WAS REFINISHED AT SOME POINT IN ITS HISTORY TO A WALNUT COLOR AND THE CHAIR IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND. IT WAS ALSO RE-CAINED ON BOTH THE SEAT AND BACK AT SOME POINT AS WELL AND BOTH AREAS ARE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE WITH NO DAMAGE. THE ORIGINAL CUSHION, WHEN LAID OUT FLAT MEASURES 19\" X 74\" AND HAS THE FRENCH LINE COMPANY \"CGT\" LOGO ON BOTH SIDES WHICH STANDS FOR \"COMPAGNE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE\". THIS ORIGINAL COMPANY RUST COLOR CUSHION HAS WEAR TO THE TOP EDGE ZIPPER AREA IN THE FABRIC AS CAN BE SEEN NEAR THE GROMETS AND SOME LESSER WEAR NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE CUSHION. AT SOME POINT IN ITS HISTORY, BOTH ZIPPERS WEAR PROFESSIONALLY REPLACED. THE ORIGINAL EDGE PIPING ON THE CUSHION IS INTACT WITH SOME MINOR AGE WEAR AND THERE IS ALSO SOME MINOR AGE WEAR TO THE CUSHION WHERE IT SITS NEXT TO THE BACK REST. THE CHAIR HAS A SLATTED FOOT REST WHICH CAN BE POSITIONED UP OR DOWN AND THE COLLAPSED CHAIR MEASURES 23\"X 10\"X 40\". FULLY EXTENDED, IT MEASURES 61\" X 23\" X 35\" HIGH. A CLASSIC SOUVENIR OF THIS GREAT LINER. A PHOTO COPY OF AN ORIGINAL PHOTO TAKEN ABOARD IN 1939 THAT SHOWS THE CHAIRS WITH BE INCLUDED WITH THE CHAIR. BEING SOLD BY THE PRESENT OWNER FROM HIS COLLECTION WHO PURCHASED IT IN THE 1980s FROM THE LATE OCEAN LINER DEALER KEN C. SCHULTZ. THE PACKED SHIPPING WEIGHT IS APPROXIMATELY 45 POUNDS. LOCAL PICKUP IS ALSO AVAILABLE.BUYER PAYS SHIPPING BASED ON ZIP CODE WITH TRACKING IN USA, OVERSEAS EXTRA. INSURANCE NOT INCLUDED. PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 2 DAYS OF sale CLOSE. PAYMENT BY PAYPAL AVAILABLE. LOCAL PICKUP AVAILABLE

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