Charles Curtis, 82; Businessman Brought Big Chair to Anacostia [Correction 5/9/07] The Washington Post | May 3, 2007| | . This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Charles Wendell Curtis, the man who brought the 191/2-foot-high mahogany chair to Anacostia in 1959 and created a lasting landmark, has died. He was 82.

Mr. Curtis, who died March 29 at Suburban Hospital of a heart attack after a fall, initially was looking for a way to lure customers into his family's furniture showroom at what is now V Street and Martin Luther King Avenue SE. He commissioned Bassett Furniture Industries in North Carolina to build the 4,600-pound version of a Duncan Phyfe dining room chair and had it delivered on a flatbed truck.

Touted as the "the world's largest chair," the ...

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