A Luo stool from Kenya. Photos: Sotheby's
Seats have been present in virtually every civilisation and every era, since the birth of the decorative arts and design.
Embracing purely functional, decorative and highly symbolic forms, the history of chairs, armchairs and stools offers 1001 answers to the question of how we should sit and what the act of sitting might mean.
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A Luo stool from Kenya. Photos: Sotheby's
A pair of 1990s "S" chairs by legendary British designer Tom Dixon.
One of two armchairs by Le Corbusier's partner Pierre Jeanneret.
Senufo chair from Ivory Coast.
A sculpted giltwood French Restoration fauteuil d'apparat or marquise.
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