2. HISTORY OF CHAIRS
• The oldest kind of chair was not a
throne, but a folding chair. The earliest
records of chairs appear in Egyptian
tomb paintings and ancient Greek art.
• The oldest representation of the chair
is a Greek sculpture from 3,000 B.C.,
which is now in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
3. EVOLUTION
• 16th-17th centuries: Chairs grew more
sophisticated, lighter, more comfortable, and
beautiful as the Renaissance flourished. The
importance of appearances has surpassed that
of function. These chairs were during the reign
Louis XIV.
4. EVOLUTION
• 19th century: Following the French
Revolution, the Napoleonic Empire replaced
Rococo frippery with hefty, straight
neoclassical lines. The Victorian era, with its
lavish displays of wealth, took hold around the
mid-century mark.
5. EVOLUTION
• One of the favourite things to build is stone seats.
There is something very special about sitting in a
stone seat, it feels very grand, almost throne like.
When building stone seats, a portion of my time is
spent sitting, making sure that they are comfortable
and positioned right.
6. EVOLUTION
• 20th century: Furniture design
became more accessible to the
general public, as it was no longer
connected with sovereigns.
Mission and Arts & Crafts styles
marked the beginning of the
century. The angular contours of
the chairs were a protest to
Victorian excesses and to
industrialism. Then came art
nouveau, modernism, art deco,
and Bauhaus.
7. TYPES OF CHAIRS
• chairs are mainly made
with leather, fabric, plastic, wood,
and nylon. Each chair stands
based on the quality of materials
used in making. Leather-made or
artificial leather-made chairs both
stand very long causing no
damage. leather made chairs are
offers both comfort as well as
luxury goods.
