Influential furniture designer John Andrew Hutton was most famous for his Anziano and Ghost chairs, which were widely copied and mass marketed.

Hutton, a longtime West Islip native died August 17, 2006 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. He was 58 years old.

Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1947, his family settled in West Islip soon after and he remained, raising his own family. He was also a resident of Nancy, France.

A graduate of Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, he designed for Louis Maslow & Sons in New York and Randolph & Hein in San Francisco. For most of his career he worked for interior designer Angelo Donghia, for whom he produced more than 200 designs. One of his most famous, the Anziano chair was designed for the American Academy in Rome and has a bent wood seat and back with metal legs. Another, the Ghost chair, was inspired after seeing sheets draped over furniture.

Mr. Hutton acted as head of his own business, John Hutton International, since 1998 in which he designed furniture for other companies and famous clientele such as Diana Ross, Barbara Walters and Steve Martin. In recent years he also began John Hutton Textiles.

Mr. Hutton leaves behind his wife of 37 years, Brenda; his sons: John Jr. of Brooklyn and Douglas and his fiancee Alexa of Paris, France; his siblings: Bruce of Centerville, Ohio, Andrea Blomquist of Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey and Shiloh Raynor of Naples, Florida; as well as other loved ones, friends and admirers.

He reposed at the Claude R. Boyd-Spencer Funeral Home, 448 W. Main Street, Babylon Village on August 24, 2006. A religious service was held August 25, 2006 at the First Presbyterian Church in Babylon followed by interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery. A memorial service was also held on August 26, 2006 at the Cathedral of St. John the Devine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan.