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2. List of chairs - Wikipedia

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   Lambing chair, a wood "box" form of winged arm chair rarely having upholstery. Storage under the seat is common as a drawer or compartment. Lawn chair, usually a light, folding chair for outdoor use on soft surfaces. The left and right legs are joined along the ground into a single foot to make a broader contact area with the ground.

3. Louis XIV furniture - Wikipedia

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   The chairs were upholstered either with leather or with tapestry. The feet of chairs were either en gain, or geometric and tapering, or en console, with a curved S form. An early version of the sofa appeared, a canapé which looked like two armchairs joined together. In the later period of the Louis XIV style, the amount of decoration on the ...

4. Art Nouveau furniture - Wikipedia

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   Furniture created in the Art Nouveau style was prominent from the beginning of the 1890s to the beginning of the First World War in 1914. It characteristically used forms based on nature, such as vines, flowers and water lilies, and featured curving and undulating lines, sometimes known as the whiplash line, both in the form and the decoration.

5. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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   Furniture would be placed in tombs, and a result would survive to the modern day. [39] However, much of this furniture is from the New Kingdom of Egypt, and specifically the 18th Dynasty. Chairs from the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt had legs made out of a square sectioned wood. The tenons on the side rail passed through the top of each leg at ...

6. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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   Chesterfield sofa a deep buttoned sofa, with arms and back of the same height. It is usually made from leather and the term Chesterfield in British English is only applied to this type of sofa. [51] child-minder (babysitter) a person who looks after babies and young children (usually in the person's own home) while the parents are working.

7. Chair - Wikipedia

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   Chair, c. 1772, mahogany, covered in modern red morocco leather, height: 97.2 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A chair is a type of seat, typically designed for one person and consisting of one or more legs, a flat or slightly angled seat and a back-rest.