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Variants of the one-piece plastic chair designed by Canadian D.C. Simpson in 1946 went into production with Allibert Group and Grosfillex Group in the 1970s. [2] Other sources name the French engineer Henry Massonnet from Nurieux-Volognat with his "Fauteuil 300" from 1972 as the inventor of the monobloc. [3]
Monobloc (chair), a type of light-weight chair made of one piece of injection-moulded plastic; Also: Monobloc, a 2005 Argentine film; Antoinette Monobloc, a pre-WWI French military monoplane; Monoblock LNB, a type of low-noise block downconverter
Not until very late historical periods, were cushions, textiles, and other forms of upholstery incorporated into Chinese furniture, impacted by Western culture. Openwork in carved wood or other techniques is very typical for practical purposes such as chair-backs, and also for decoration. The Ming period is regarded as the "golden age" of ...
The American journalists shared the news of this chair back home and it was the subject of much attention internationally. The year the chair was created, the American magazine Interiors featured the chair and christened it "most beautiful chair in the world." [8] [9] [10] This was the first coverage of Danish Modern in the American press. [5]
Backrest or back-rest may refer to: Part of a chair, sofa, Bench or other such furniture used for resting one's back; Fishing rod backrest;
A splat is the vertical central element of a chair back. [1] Typically this element of a chair is of exposed wood design. The splat is an important element of furniture identification, since its design has a multitude of variations incorporating the themes of different furniture periods.
A vase-painting of a satyr carrying a klismos chair on his shoulder shows how light such chairs were. [2] The curved, tapered legs of the klismos chair sweep forward and rearward, offering stability. The rear legs sweep continuously upward to support a wide concave backrest like a curved tablet, which supports the sitter's shoulders, or which ...
The kneeling chair is meant to reduce lower back strain [5] by dividing the burden of one's weight between the shins and the buttocks. People with coccyx or tailbone pain resulting from significant numbers of hours in a sitting position (e.g., office desk jobs) are common candidates for such chairs.