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2. Corner chair - Wikipedia

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   Burgomaster's chair (ca. 1750) The origin of the corner chair can be traced to six- or eight-leg chairs of Chinese palaces with marble seats, sometimes rotating. The Chinese chairs inspired the Dutch (and English) [3] designs in William and Mary and Queen Anne styles in the 17th and 18th centuries, these adaptations are called burgomaster chairs, as they were used as chairs of office in ...

3. List of chairs - Wikipedia

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   10 Downing Street Guard Chairs, two antique chairs used by guards in the early 19th century; 14 chair (No. 14 chair) is the archetypal bentwood side chair originally made by the Gebrüder Thonet chair company of Germany in the 19th century, and widely copied and popular today [1] 3107 chair (Model 3107 chair) designed by Arne Jacobsen

4. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Most tables are composed of a flat surface and one or more supports (legs). A table with a single, central foot is a pedestal table. Long tables often have extra legs for support. Dinner table and chairs. Table tops can be in virtually any shape, although rectangular, square, round (e.g. the round table), and oval tops are the

5. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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   All furniture was low, remaining within reach of a person sitting on the floor. This was because most Japanese people sat on the floor instead of using chairs or tables. In many parts of the world, cultures sat on the floor instead of using chairs and tables in order to gain easier movement and look at the world from a different perspective.

6. The Round Chair - Wikipedia

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   The Round Chair (Danish: Den Runde Stol, also known as The Chair in America, The Classic Chair in Britain, and by the model numbers PP501, PP503, JH501, and JH503) is an armchair designed by Hans Wegner in 1949. The chair was a collaboration of Wegner and the now-defunct furniture maker Johannes Hansen.

7. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

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   It is here that evidence of early versions of the round and yoke back chairs are found, generally used by the elite. By the next two dynasties (the Northern and Southern Song) the use of varying types of furniture, including chairs, benches, and stools was common throughout Chinese society. Two particular developments were recessed legs and ...