The Emeco 1006 chair, also called the Navy Chair, is an aluminum chair produced by Emeco in Hanover, Pennsylvania. It was commissioned in the 1940s by the U.S. Navy in World War II for use on on warships: the contract specified that it had to be able to withstand torpedo blasts to the side of a destroyer. The manufacturing process used for the chair, unchanged since 1944, is a two-week, 77-step process that involves twelve parts being welded together, then being ground to create a seamless one-piece look. A proprietary heat-treatment process contributes to the chair's strength, which has a life expectancy of 150 years and comes with a lifetime guarantee. It’s an icon of classic design that appears regularly in tv shows, design magazines and fashion layouts.
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