| Chairs are the most common form of furniture that | | | | chairs were produced. In Italy, many pieces of furniture |
| can be found anywhere as long as there are people. | | | | were the work of sculptors like the famous Andrea |
| A chair has four legs for it to support the person sitting | | | | Brustolon which featured the carving Negro boys with |
| on it and most are intended for one person. Classic or | | | | heads as an arm and legs carved as tree trunks and |
| modern types of chairs will forever be useful as they | | | | branches. While in France, it paved the way to more |
| in one's home, establishment, or any place. | | | | luxurious padding and carved arms ending in scrolls or |
| As far as history is concerned, Egyptian chairs are the | | | | animal heads. These luxurious chairs were imported to |
| most ancient chairs in the third dynasty of ancient | | | | England but had to be modified for English tastes. |
| Egypt. The legs are shaped like those of animals. The | | | | Thus a finely carved front stretcher became |
| seats were corded in the wood and topped with a | | | | fashionable. American furniture on the other hand |
| cushion. One of the most elegant chair designs is the | | | | adapted simplified versions of English styles from the |
| Empire chair in the form of a Greek klismos. The seat | | | | late 17th century. Windsor chairs were particularly |
| was supported by sharply curved legs pointing to the | | | | popular in the 18th century and were developed to a |
| feet. | | | | greater degree in America than in England. But England |
| The 14th and 15th centuries in Western Europe gave | | | | and France continued to dominate chair fashions |
| rise to the Renaissance chairs. These have two | | | | throughout the 19th century but these styles were |
| principal varieties. The light chair which can easily be | | | | largely adaptations of those previous eras. Until now, |
| moved and the heavy chair which is usually a | | | | these chairs have continuously developed and been |
| throne-like seat that is used by the head of the | | | | modified to suit a person's preferred design. |
| household or somebody important like a high ranking | | | | The great evolution of chairs has been helpful for |
| person. During England in the 16th century, chairs began | | | | creating new designs, styles and sizes. Materials have |
| to depend mostly on upholstery for decoration which | | | | also been modified to build new types of chairs. A |
| introduced this new feature of the chair. | | | | plastic chair can be an example of this. But the |
| In the 17th century large numbers of richly carved | | | | elegance of the chair will always remain. |