The Chair

The Titanic Deck Chair Company of Nantucket was founded in 1998 by friends Ian McCarthy and Ralph Cook, Jr., the owners of the original Titanic Deck Chair which was recovered in 1912 by Captain LeMarteleur while onboard the cable ship "Mackay-Bennett." The mission of the Titanic Deck Chair Company set out by the two was, and is, to produce ultra-high-quality deck chairs that are exact reproductions of the original and to share the lessons and legacy of the Titanic and their stories.

Thus the Titanic Deck Chair Company of Nantucket now manufactures and sells handcrafted solid mahogany steamer chairs. These high-quality chairs were designed and built from the design of the original Titanic Deck Chair. The original chair is now the showpiece at "Titanic-The Exhibition" in Orlando, Florida, USA.

The graceful and elegant design is forever lost until this momentous recreation takes one back in time to the First Class decks of the grandest ship of its day- the TITANIC! From the hand-carved star on the headrest to the custom-made solid brass hardware. This chair is like no other steamer chair in its quality and design.

 
 

The Book

The Captain’s Chair

By Ian McCarthy

The Captain’s Chair: The True Story of a Titanic Deck Chair, the Captain who Owned it, & the Amazing Journey 86 Years Later to Uncover the Truth. 

a creative non-fiction account of the exciting discovery of a real deck chair from the Titanic 86 years after the liner sunk beneath the icy North Atlantic sea and relives the events around the sinking that lead to the definitive proof being found.

 
 
 

Kathy Lee Gifford posing with Ralph Cook and Ian McCarthy.

 
 
 

The actress who played “Rose” , Gloria Stuart in front of our real deck chair from the Titanic.

 
 
 

View Our Story With The History Channel HERE.

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