The Collapsible Chair first came about in the 19th century in Whitechapel, London. Ladies walking the streets would often get tired, between meeting gentlemen, whom they offered "a good time." Once such good time was offered, tea and cucumber sandwiches were eaten and the men returned to their pipe smoking and horse riding. Certain prominent engineers decried this invention as impractical for daily use, and it was seen as one of Brunel's lesser inventions. However it did serve a purpose and was reinvented by Henry Fonda as the Model T collapsible seat in the early 20th century.