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  2. Parker Morris Committee - Wikipedia

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    In 1963 these were set out in the Ministry of Housing's "Design Bulletin 6 – Space in the Home". The report provided typical dimensions for the typical items of furniture for which the dwelling designer should allow space, and provided anthropometric data about the space needed to use and move about furniture.

  3. 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.

  4. 40/4 Chair - Wikipedia

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    The 40/4 chair is the compactly stackable chair designed by David Rowland in 1964. Forty chairs can be stacked within a height of 4 feet (120 cm), giving the chair its name. Forty chairs can be stacked within a height of 4 feet (120 cm), giving the chair its name.

  5. Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide - Wikipedia

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    At 28cm high the Dover edition is nearly half the size of the 47cm of the elephant folio sized Towse edition and much smaller than the 36cm of the original edition. The Towse edition also has 88 pages of photographs of furniture done according to the designs in the book. The 128 plates are all monochrome, as in the original.

  6. List of furniture types - Wikipedia

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    An expandable table with chairs. This is a list of furniture types. Furniture can be free-standing or built-in to a building. [1] They typically include pieces such as chairs, tables, storage units, and desks. [1] These objects are usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in.

  7. The Round Chair - Wikipedia

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    The chair features back and armrests made from one continuous semicircle. The finger joints orient the wood grain as the back rail wraps around the body to maximize material strength. The chair is offered with a solid upholstered seat (PP503) or a seat of woven caning (PP501). "Many foreigners have asked me, how we created the 'Danish Modern ...

  8. List of chairs - Wikipedia

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    Red and Blue Chair a chair designed by Dutch architect and furniture designer Gerrit Rietveld. Resilient Chair, designed by Eva Zeisel for Hudson Fixtures (1948) [47] Restraint chair, a type of physical restraint used to prevent injury to themselves or others; Revolving chair, an older term for swivel chair; Rex chair, a foldable chair designed ...

  9. Cantilever chair - Wikipedia

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    B55 Cantilever chair by Marcel Breuer. A cantilever chair is a chair whose seating and framework are not supported by the typical arrangement of 4 legs, but instead is held erect and aloft by a single leg or legs that are attached to one end of a chair's seat and bent in an L shape, thus also serving as the chair's supporting base.