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TERRY KOVEL
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-07-2009

Highchair more than meets the eye
By TERRY KOVEL
Date: 06-07-2009, Sunday
Section: BETTER LIVING
Edtion: All Editions
Column: ANTIQUES

Tip of the week

If you store ephemera like trade cards or labels in notebooks or photo albums, open the albums several times a year to let the air circulate.

Dual-purpose furniture is not a new idea. Many unusual pieces were made in the 19th century. The best-known of the metamorphic pieces is a highchair that became a child's chair and sometimes a stroller.

This type of chair, popular in the late 1800s, was usually made of oak with heavy iron gears and wheels. The highchair had a tray and was supported by legs ...

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