A chair is a seat with file, generally without arm.

The chair comprises:

• a Mounting: generally composed of four feet, sometimes reinforced by a spacer

• a sitted: the depth of sat of a chair lies between 45 and 55 cm
• a file sometimes finished in its upper part by a Accoudoir.

She includes/understands only very seldom Accotoir S (arm) reserved for the Fauteuil S.

History

In the beginning the chair was a privilege reserved to the people of high ranking. The common peoples used the Coffre, the bench or the Tabouret.

It is with the Renaissance that the chair enters the easiest houses and it is only at the 18th century that it becomes a popular piece of furniture.

; Louis XIII (1610-1643): Although it keeps its low file as with the Rebirth, the chair becomes more comfortable thanks to the appearance of a trimming of snap ring (known as roting ) and with that of the balls of hair covered with fabric, tapestries or of leather.

the Piétement is generally out of turned wood, in chain or in spiral column, the whole reinforced by a Entretoise in H. One sees also the appearance of the console and the baluster on these mountings.

the chair does not lose yet its arms, hériters of the medieval time, but they are out of turned wood and not furnished.

; Louis XIV (1661-1715): The file is higher and base widens. One adds passementerie to the trimming and the mounting is carved more. The baluster is still in force but the mounting in bone of sheep has much success. The spacer always necessary at that time passes gradually from the shape out of H has the shape in X.

; Regency (1715-1723): The chair becomes lighter and the freer form. The slightly curved form appears.

the file, low and more rounded on its angles, remains right.

the cross-piece of base is carved of a symmetrical reason; a shell there is often seen.

the feet are cambered slightly and the spacer disappears gradually, announcing the Style Louis XV

; Louis XV (1723-1774): the lightness of the forms started under Regency is still accentuated, amongst other things with the appearance of the concave file about 1730.

the feet and the cross-pieces comprise fine mouldings and increasingly varied asymmetrical sculptures, in the style rubble or in the shape of natural flowers. The foot is well cambered.

One starts to paint the pieces of furniture in tons clear (blue, white, clear green).

; Transition (1755-1770):

Types of chairs

; ponteuse Chair : Originating in the 18th century used around a table of play, from where its name coming from the term to bridge which means miser. It is a particularly narrow chair, more particularly with the back of base, with a high file at the top of which a stuffed balustrade hiding is a box of tokens for miser.

; Chair of convenience : Elegant term to indicate the night-commode. Its base is made up of a trunk provided with a lid, which hid either a chamberpot or a basin.

; Praying mantis : Chair of church or vault on which one kneels, the file generally being used as balustrade. There are models folding stools which are transformed into armchair when the balustrade is folded back.

; Chauffeuse : Seat comfortable, low and stuffed, deprived of arm and which originally made it possible to be heated very close to fire (from where its etymology).

; Stool : Chair without file

; Chair gondole :

; curule Chair : Sit of Ivoire without file where the principal magistrates of the Roman Republic sat.

; Electric chair : Sit used at the the United States for the electrocution of condemned to death.

; Chair of child or high chair : High seat provided with arm and sometimes with a flap, intended for the young children.

; Chair of iron : Extreme chair on which a stripped torture victim of its clothing was attached.

; long Chair : Sit at file, sometimes folding stool, on which one can lengthen the legs.

; Chair of bridge or of edge : Long chair installed on the bridge of a Ship.

; Sedan-chair : Cabin provided with stretchers and range with arm of men, used to move individually.

; Chair Windsor : Chair whose mounting and file are fixed through carved base out of wooden. The file is generally made of curved parts and fine rods.

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