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An overview of the Bauhaus school, including a discussion of the Bauhaus-influenced...
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Flamboyantly carved late Baroque chair made of boxwood, by Andrea Brustolon, c....
Foto Ferruzzi
Mahogany ribbonback chairs in the Rococo style, designed by Thomas Chippendale, 18th...
© Christie's Images
Side chair, Honduras mahogany and ebony with inlay of silver, abalone, copper, pewter,...
Photograph by CJ Nye. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Designated Purchase Fund, 84.66
Walnut armchair attributed to an unknown Philadelphia craftsman, c. 1730–40;...
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Jessie Spalding Landon Fund, reference no. 1944.207 (CC0)
Art Deco club chair, sculpted mahogany and ebony, designed by Maurice Dufrène, c....
Courtesy Calderwood Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Barcelona chair and stool—designed in 1929 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe—with cowhide...
© Design Within Reach
Bath chair
Courtesy of Bath Central Library, England
Brewster armchair, ash, American, about 1660–80; in Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth,...
Courtesy of Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass.
Chinese horseshoe armchair, huanghuali (a type of rosewood), Qing dynasty,...
Photograph by airforceJK. Honolulu Academy of Arts, purchase 1973 (4169.1)
Costes chair, lacquered molded wood and leather by Philippe Starck, 1982.
© STARCKNetwork
Cromwellian chair, oak with leather-covered back and seat, English, mid-17th century;...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Farthingale chair, oak with Turkey work upholstery, English, c. 1645; in...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Chairs in the French Rococo style by Louis Delanois (1731–92); in the Bibliothèque...
Courtesy of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris; photograph by Eddy van der Veen
Siège à dossier basculant (“armchair with a tilting back”; also called LC1...
The Art Archive/Shutterstock.com
Molded plywood dining chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames, 1946.
Courtesy of Herman Miller Furniture Co., Zeeland, Michigan
Shaker side chair, 1830–50.
Michael Fredericks/Shaker Museum and Library, Old Chatham, NY
Victorian parlour in the Robert J. Milligan House, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., with characteristic...
Curtesy of The Brooklyn Museum
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