by Jenny Saunt     This mid eighteenth-century chair is loaded with features and gadgets, the purposes of which have caused much discussion and speculation in twentieth-century furniture histories.     Aside from its intriguing form, of narrow back and broad shoulders, the chair also has a multi-adjustable board on the back, a swing-out candle […]

The chair is a universal object of the Western world. Its function is immediately apparent and its use is embedded in Western society and culture. But function and use are only part of the story, for all historic chairs are also direct links to the past, to the craftsmen who made them and the people […]