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Various folding chairs have their own names (e.g., deckchair, director's chair), but a chair described simply as a folding chair folds a rigid frame and seat around a transverse axis so that the seat becomes parallel to the back and the frame collapses with a scissors action. Some further collapse the feet up to the back.
A fauteuil (elbow chair) A Louis XVI-style fauteuil gold foiled chair with faux pearls and ottoman. A fauteuil (French:) is a style of open-armchair with a primarily exposed wooden frame originating in France during the early 17th century. A fauteuil is made of wood and frequently with carved relief ornament.
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Arm: Couter or cowter: Plate that guards the elbow. Eventually became articulated. May be covered by guard of vambrace (see below). Spaulder: Bands of plate that cover the shoulder and part of upper arm but not the armpit. Pauldron: 15th: Covers the shoulder (with a dome shaped piece called a shoulder cop), armpit and sometimes the back and ...
There are some characteristics that hint at a Hepplewhite design, such as shorter more curved chair arms, straight legs, shield-shape chair backs, all without carving. The design would receive ornamentation from paint and inlays used on the piece. The book influenced cabinet makers and furniture companies for several generations. The work of ...
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Arms were invariable, and the lower part was closed in with panelled or carved front and sides—the seat, indeed, was often hinged and sometimes closed with a key. [7] That we are still said to sit "in" an arm-chair and "on" other kinds of chairs is a reminiscence of the time when the lord or seigneur sat "in his chair."