Croquis: Chairs

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Majestic but not comfortable

Model sitting on Ivan the Terrible's Throne

Nora doesn't consider Ivan's throne comfortable

Ivan's ivory throneThe Ivory Throne of Tsar Ivan "the Terrible" of Russia is one of the grandest and most important. Dating from the mid-16th century, it is shaped as a high-backed chair with arm rests, and adorned with ivory and walrus bone plaques intricately carved with mythological, heraldic and life scenes. The plaques carved with scenes from the biblical account of King David’s life are of particular relevance, as David was seen as the ideal for Christian monarch

Eames Rocking Chair

Emma loves rocking chairs

Eames Rocking ChairThe rocking chair version of the now legendary Eames Fiberglass Chair. Designed in 1949 by Charles and Ray Eames.

Deckchair

Cissi getting a sun tan

Deckchair The classical deckchair is wooden construction, a folding chair meant for leisure, originally on a big cruise ship's deck, which explains the origin of its name. It is easily transportable and stackable, although notouriously difficult to unfold and fold up.

Rocking chair

Amanda in her rocking chair

Rocking Chair Historians can only trace the rocking chair's origins to North America during the early 18th century. They were originally used in gardens and were just ordinary chairs with two rockers at their bottoms. It was in 1725 that early rocking chairs first appeared in England. The production of wicker rocking chairs reached its peak in America during the middle of the 18th century. These wicker rockers, as they were popularly known, were famous for their craftsmanship and creative designs.

Sitting high on a bar stool

The bar stool is a life drawing by artist and illustrator Artmagenta

Madeleine on a bar stool

Bar StoolBar stools are a type of tall stool, often with a foot rest, which because of their height and narrowness are designed for seating in a public house or bar.

The Swivel Chair

The swivel hair is a life drawing by artist and illustrator Artmagenta

Ritva in her office chair

The Swivel Chair Using an English-style Windsor chair president Thomas Jefferson invented the first swivel chair. Jefferson heavily modified the Windsor chair and incorporated top and bottom parts connected by a central iron spindle, enabling the top half known as the seat, to swivel on casters of the type used in rope-hung windows. When the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, Jefferson's swivel chair is purported to be where he drafted the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Windsor Chair

Carin sitting in the Winsor chair

Windsor ChairThe Windsor chair originated in England, where at the beginning of the 1700s it was found in peasant homes and in village pubs. According to tradition the name origin from George III, who during a walk in Windsor's surrounding areas saw the chair in a cabin and become so fond of it that he ordered a set for the Windsor Castle.

The chair was well liked both by kings and presidents. George Washington had at Mount Vernon a large number of Windsor chairs and Thomas Jefferson sat in a Windsor chair in 1776 when he signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

It was above all in the U.S. that the Windsor chair made a break through. It was so widespread in USA that it is often regarded as an American type of chair.

The Club Chair

Club chair is a life drawing by artist and illustrator Artmagenta

Liz is trying to find her position in the club chair

The Club chairClub chairs get their name from chairs that were found in old world gentlemen's clubs where the men would get away and smoke cigars and knock back a few drinks with their buddies.

Beanbag

Vera almost drowns in her bean bag

Bean bagBean bag originated way back in 1960's and were initially called as sac chairs.

Chair 41

Model Doris likes chair 41

Chair 41The Paimio Scroll chair or chair 41 was designed in 1931 by the finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto. This is Aalto's most famous chair.

Farthingale Chair

A dejected Pia in a stylish chair

Farthingale ChairThe Farthingale chair was introduced as a chair for ladies in the late 16th century and was named in England, probably in the 19th century, for its ability to accommodate the exceptionally wide-hooped skirts known as farthingales.

Rex chair

Rex Chair REX Chair is one of the most famous Slovenian industrial design items. In 1952 the Rex chair was designed by architect and designer Niko Kralj.

The Savonarola Chair

The Savonarola chair Also known as scissors chair, Dante chair, or X-chair). Also known as a Savonarola or Dante chair in Italy, or a Luther chair in Germany.It was known in Ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece.

Chesterfield armchair

Jane, straighten up! A Chesterfield chair requires a straight upright seating to be comfortable!

The Chesterfield armchairIn the United Kingdom a Chesterfield is 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. In Canada the term "chesterfield" is equivalent to couch or sofa.

The Recliner

Mandy relaxes in the recliner

The ReclinerA recliner is an armchair that reclines when you lower the seat back and raises its front. It has a backrest that can recline, and often a footrest that can be extended by means of a lever on the side of the seat or defer automatically when the back is reclined.