The Savonarola Chair

The Savonarola Chair is a figure drawing painted by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
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.

The Recliner

Mandy sitting in the Recliner is a life drawing by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
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.

The Butterfly Chair

The butterfly chair is a life drawing by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
Mona wanted to bring the butterfly chair home
The butterfly chairThe butterfly chair The butterfly chair 1938 was designed by three designers. Antonio Bonet, Juan Kurchan and Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy. The armchair has been produced in many parts of the world and came from U.S. Knoll to Europe.

The Hill House Chair

The Hill House Chair is a life drawing painted by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
Please, Mathilda, the chair is not ment to be sat on!

The Hill House Chair
The Hill House Chair was designed in 1902 by the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Mackintosh's high, narrow Hill House chair was meant to be decorative - not to be actually sat on

The Swan Chair

The Swan Chair is a life drawing by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
Swan lake is a ballet favorite of Melanie.
Here in front of the Swan Chair

The Swan Chair
The Swan was designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen in 1957.
Arne Jacobsen said that the chair looked like the queen of birds with uplifted wings and named it "The Swan".

One armed chair

The Nonconformist chair is a life drawing by artist an illustrator Artmagenta
Model Leila and the one armed chair.
The nonconformist chair

The Nonconformist Chair The Nonconformist Chair designed 1926 by irish Eileen Gray.
The chair has only one armrest. It is designed to accommodate the owner's favorite resting position.

The Barelona chair still going strong

Life drawing model sitting in the Barcelona Chair is a life drawing by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
Croquis model Gitte sitting in the Barcelona Chair

The Barcelona Chair The Barcelona chair was designed in 1928 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich, furniture designer. The Barcelona chair is held as one of 1900s design icons and still manufactured under license today.